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 JVUnneapolts journal 
 
 January <& 
 
 1899 
 
 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, BY THE 
 
 JOURNAL PRINTING COMPANY. 
 
 Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year. 
 
 JANUARY, 1899. 
 
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preface 
 
 • • • 
 
 H E picture language was the earliest form 
 
 of written expression. It is still under 
 
 some conditions the most elective. 
 The cartoonist often hits the bull’s eye harder 
 and makes the bell ring louder than the 
 writer of the most vigorous and forcible 
 English, 
 
 Among cartoonists, none excell “Bart,” 
 whose clever and intelligent pencil is doing the 
 most effective work in that line to be found 
 in any American newspaper. When, a few 
 weeks ago, a publishing house in Chicago is- 
 sued a large book containing five hundred 
 and fifty of the best cartoons of the war from 
 twelve foreign and twenty-nine American Jour- 
 nals, — the leading English, American, French, 
 German, Spanish and Mexican papers — it was 
 found that the publishers had selected twice 
 as many of “Bart’s” cartoons as of any other 
 cartoonist. 
 
 The picture history of the war has been 
 written in the Journal more fully than in any 
 other paper, no opportunity being lost to pre- 
 sent the important war events of the day from 
 the cartoon standpoint. These cartoons are 
 reproduced here, and it is believed they will 
 be found a valuable and interesting part of the 
 story of an eventful year. 
 
 THE JOURNAL. 
 
January 26. 1898. 
 
 January 26, 1898, found the battle-ship Maine on a friendly mission to Havana. This was the 
 beginning - of the end. Spain never considered this “a friendly call.” On February 15th, the Maine 
 was destroyed by the explosion of a sub-marine mine. Whatever historians may decide was the 
 ' cause of the war, the destruction of the Maine certainly was the crisis that precipitated it. This 
 
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 HE NTUCKY 
 WHISKY 
 
 HOT STUFF, 
 
 The Kentucky May l*c Christened With Water, But When She Goes to Sen She Will Be Loaded Like 1 li is. January 
 
 terrible catastrophe, with the death of 2f>0 American sailors, followed by Captain Sigbee’s admoni- 
 tion to the people of the United States to “suspend jndgment” called out very few, if any, cartoons 
 on the event itself. It was too ghastly a thing to picture — an act of war in a time of peace. The 
 
 
That Body Would Force Mr. McKinley to Take Both or Neither.— February 3. 
 
 cartoonists trained their guns on the offender later. The islands of Cuba and Hawaii solicited the 
 attention of the President and the people of the United States, bound together. The question of 
 the annexation of Hawaii was before congress, together with the recognition of Cuba, before the 
 Maine crisis brought us face to face with war. After war was begun, Hawaii became a military 
 necessity and so a part of the I nited States. The needs of the two peoples started us expanding. 
 
 
LITTLE DUPUY DE LOME’S COMIC VALENTINE. 
 
 February 10. 
 
 Five days before 
 an utterance of 
 
 b !r n up> the real S P anish deling bubbled over at Washington in 
 their minister to this country who referred to President McKinley as a pot-hunting 
 

 WILL IT COME TO THIS? 
 
 February 19. 
 
 pohticiun. A few days sufficed to satisfy the people of this country that Spain, or some of her 
 ^ guilty of the Maine horror. Indignation knew no bounds. Retaliation was de- 
 
 manded. 1 he necessary delay for official investigation irritated the people and made this cartoon 
 eh y 19) the most popular of the week. Subsequent events have vindicated President McKinley’s 
 
A SUSP/CIO US LOOKING FISH. 
 
 "Wlille Uncle Sum Has His Diving Clothes on He flight Do a Thorough «lol> of This, Investigation in Cuban Abaters. — tebruary -- 
 
 course. Official investigation began at once. It was plain that the monster guilty of sinking the 
 Maine must he brought to account for other and more terrible misdeeds. Spain claimed, of course, 
 
IS THIS AN ACCIDENT? 
 
 February 24. 
 
 that the explosion that destroyed the Maine, whether internal or external, was accidental. A glance 
 over her record in Cuba showed that there was much of this sort of thing that could hardly be an 
 

 
 
 
 WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED - 
 
 Tl,e Fearless Yellow Journals Open I p Operations on the Kneniy. -February 25. 
 
 
 
 accident While the President and the business interests of the country were doing their utmost 
 to avert the horrors of war, if the same end could be accomplished by peacefu. means, the sensa 
 ttonal^ewspapers^f the country began operations. A period of waiting followed during which 
 
PEACEFUL ON THE SURFACE BUT ? 
 
 March 1. 
 
 every effort was made to preserve peace, but no time or opportunity was lost to prepare for war. 
 Whether we fought Spain or not, there was no longer any question as to our duty to starving C uba. 
 

 arid the country said “Let This War Go On,’’ when Uncle Sam started his war ships towards Cuba 
 with fifty tons of food. By the first of March war was a foregone conclusion and was the topic of 
 
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 The American Wheelman Will Join in the War on Spain— Poor Spain ! — March 4. 
 
 main interest in congress and out. Nothing- else could be heard. Congress furnished President 
 McKinley with $50,000,000 to spend in preparing for the impending conflict. There was no lagging 
 
SOME GOOD FROM IT. 
 
 Those Dogs Do Make a Terrible Noi*e, to Be Sure, But They Have Drowned Out the W ail of the Calamity Howler, March ■’». 
 
 but all parties kept step to the President's music in the most patriotic fashion. Two cartoons. 
 “The First Gun,” and “They Keep Step;” published respectively March 8 and March 9, were 
 
 ■ 
 
THE FIRST GUN . 
 
 ngress Heard From.— March 8. 
 
 especially popular, being reproduced in The Review of Reviews, Literary Digest, Detroit Tribune 
 St, Louis Globe-Democrat, and other publications. Gopher hearts beat fast when, on March 10, the 
 

 
 
 
 
 
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 THEY KEEP STEP. 
 
 March 9. 
 
 
 o-ood ship Minneapolis, the fastest cruiser in the navy, was ordered to the front to be ready for action. 
 
 England early took opportunity to commend the action of the United States in its ea ingsv, > ?■ 
 
 ,1 
 
We were, perhaps, a little slow to recognize the advantage of this. The Review of Reviews, in com- 
 menting on the John Bull cartoon, March 11, said that all that -was asked of England was to remain 
 
neutral. The official report from the board of inquiry into the Maine disaster was anxiously awaited. 
 The country knew this report must be a war-like one, but the signal must come before war began 
 
 . 
 
REPORT OF THE MAINE BOARD OF INQUIRY. 
 
 That Is Whitt Uncle Sain Is Listening for So Anxiously.— March 14. 
 
 The President was not many days in making - use of part of that $50,000,000, and by the middle of 
 March had purchased two ships of Brazil. Spain was looking at bargains in this line but had no 
 

 DOGS OF WAR - 
 
 Alfonso— Boo-Hoo ! Hoo-Hoo!! Boo-Hoo!!! Mv Mamina Can t Buy Me a Bow-Wow ! -March 1>. 
 
 money or 
 in our foreig 
 
 credit. Minnesota's representatives in congress had their share in the moulding of events 
 e i<rn relations. Congressman Tawney visited Hawaii in the interest of the I mted Stat . , 
 

 BRINGING IT HOME TO US. 
 
 Senator Davis -Say Jim, If Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want This Tiling We’ll Just I’ut It in the Upper Take at Minnetonka 
 ami Annex It to Minnesota.— March 17. 
 
 and Senator Davis, as chairman of the foreign relations committee, was a leading spirit throughout 
 the war. The condition of the reconcentrados in Cuba grew worse, if such a thing were possible, 
 
COLUMBUS AGAIN BEFORE THE SPANISH THRONE. 
 
 Alfonso (sadly) — O Chris.! Why Did You Ever Discover Those Troublesome Americans ?— March 21. 
 
 during- the time the United States menaced Spain with war. Men like Senator Proctor personally 
 investigated their condition and reported it worse than had been pictured by newspaper correspond- 
 

 
 IF THIS IS INTERVENTION LET U. S. INTERVENE. 
 
 Uncle Sain to Spain— I Propose to Feed Starving Cuba— With Your Consent If You Please. Without It If You Don’t! See? — 
 
 March 22. 
 
 ents. Spain stood persistently in the way of all relief expeditions. The war comet was close upon 
 us, and quite as apparent to the observer as Perrine’s during the last w r eek in March. Uncle Sam’s 
 
HEADED THIS WAY. 
 
 PerrineV Is Not the Only Comet in the Sky-Uncle Sam s May Not Be Coming at tl.c Bate ol a Million M,1, s a U “ y ’ BUt 
 Is Coming Fast Enough. March 26. 
 
 £2? did ^not know^then 
 
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 that the Spanish gunners could not hit them anyway. The ships of Spain were at this time re- 
 ported to be painted black and ready for war. The war fever ran high on March 29. The report 
 
of the board of inquiry was expected at any time, and the public knew pretty well what it would be. 
 War resolutions were introduced in congress and thrilling speeches made. I he country was sat . 
 fled it was time to take the Spanish bull by the horns. The attitude of congress now became 
 

 threatening - . Tom Reed, lost his upper hand in the house and the prospect was g"ood that President 
 McKinley’s hand would be forced. President McKinley had been credited with having - a well de- 
 
fined policy in regard to Cuba and Spain, 
 the President was only waiting until he 
 
 but the country began, at this time, to doubt it. Perhaps 
 con Id see the “whites of the enemy’s eyes.” bagasta, on 
 
the first of April, came forward with new proposals as to how the difficulty might be settled. It 
 
 CO Tf’ P, art . 0 ! th ,? di P lomat Paying for more time, and quite in line with the spirit of 
 the day. The President declined the spurious sweets. The question of what the powers of Europe 
 
would do about it excited much interest. France, Austria and Germany were unquestionably 
 friendly to Spain, but the official bouquet of sympathy was never let fall. r I he dilatory tactics ot 
 

 Sagasta made Uncle Sam peel off his coat and stand waiting - for the word from the President and 
 cong-ress to give Spain the thrashing he so richly deserved. Even at this early stage, before war 
 
■ 'I 1 'll 
 
 NO ROOM FOR HIM ON THIS SIDE. 
 
 April 5. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A Spanish Cavalier Stood in if is Retreat, The Music So Neat, Did Oft Times Repeat, 
 
 And On His Guitar Played a Tune, Drear; Remember AVliat He Says Isn’t True Dear.— April 7. 
 
 Sagasta's guitar of diplomacy twanged loudly in these days for delay, but the music was discord to 
 the American ear. For days in succession the President’s message to congress, declaring for war. 
 
ONL Y A QUESTION OF TIME . 
 
 Uncle Sam— It's Always, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow: l>..t if Tomorrow Ever Comes I’ll Knock That Fellow Into 
 
 the Middle of Next Week.— April 8. 
 
 was promised to come on the following day. Uncle Sam grew very impatient. Preparations for 
 
Hear I'ndc Sam I Have I'seil Your Quick Rising Powder anil Will Have Occasion to Use No Other, 1 Think, for Some Time. 
 
 April 11. Yours Truly, Spam. 
 
 war, which had been carried on in secret all this time, now came to the surface in an order by the 
 United States for $15,000,000 worth of red prismatic powder. Poor old Uucle Sam, never before in 
 
Uncle Sam to tlie Cartoonists of the , , . , 
 
 as if 1 Had Been Worked Overtime by You Fellows ot Bate.— April J 
 
 OVERWORKED . 
 
 Country— Don’t Yon Think, .Boys, You Could Give Me a Day Off? 
 
 I lit* «:in to Feel 
 
 
 his career had been in such demand by the cartoonists of the country. It really developed the war 
 
April 12. 
 
 like Uncle Sam. The plan of autonomy adopted by Spain, at the last moment, in Cuba began to 
 show itself a dismal failure, for one reason, because it takes two to get peace out ol an armistice. 
 
ABOUT MOVING TIME. ,, 
 
 Spain— Wouldn't Wonder If It May lie Necessary for Me to Go Before “Moving l>ay.’ 1 Ins 1 la< e Is 1 erj V me a >!• 'P 
 
 It was indeed moving time for Spain in Cuba. On April 11. the f™****”^^ bod'y toem' 
 
REED'S RECONCENTRADOS BROKE LOOSE YESTERDAY . 
 
 A Suggestion as to How They Might Better Have Used Their Ammunition Instead of M asting it on One Another.— April 11. 
 
 relief to the starving- people of Cuba. Now that congress had the matter in their own hands, for 
 several days they did more fighting among themselves than against Cuba. Ink wells proved good 
 missiles, and a free fight for free Cuba came off among Tom Reed’s reconcentrados on the 13th. 
 
RECOGNI- 
 
 TION NOT 
 
 DEMANDED , 
 
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 Cuba He Seed 
 
 Nut Lift His Hat 
 
 Spain. 
 
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BLOWING UP SPAIN . 
 
 If Talking Could Settle It, Our Senate Would Make Short Work of This War.— April 16. 
 
 The dignified senate followed the example of the house, and wasted much breath which was not all di- 
 rected against Spain. The question of paying for the luxury arose before war began, and when the 
 

 WAR TACKS VS. PATRIOTISM. 
 
 This Patriot Was Whooping For War Until He Came In Contact With the War Taeks.-Apnl 18. 
 
 war tax was put into operation it reached every patriot who had been so long calling for war. The 
 
THOSE GOVERNMENT MULES . 
 
 A Week of Tliis Kind of Progress Made the Country Tired, but Uncle Sam Finally Got the Mastery.— April 19. 
 
 house and senate spent nine days getting those war resolutionsinto action, and then, by a vote of 42 to 
 35 in the senate and 311 to 6 in the house, they resolved: That the people of the island of Cuba are, and 
 

 
 Uncle Sam — Now Git— Durn Ye!— April 20. 
 
 of rie-ht ought to be, free* and independent, and furthermore demand that Spain get out of Cuba. 
 The next day the President signed this document, and a copy was sent to the Spanish minister \\ ho 
 decided he must go home. He was not the only one to “walk Spanish’ during the season. The Span- 
 
 
MAKING A FOURTH OF JULY FOR CUBA . 
 
 April 21. 
 
 ish minister failed to communicate this little note to his home government, and the next day the 
 President wired the ultimatum to our minister in Spain giving the Don until noon of the 23d to reply. 
 But Spain didn't want to recognize this note, so told Gen. Woodford that they considered the Presi 
 
A CORKER FOR SPAIN . 
 
 April 22. 
 
 dent’s approval of the joint resolution as equivalent to an actual declaration of war. 1 hus v pain 
 started the ball rolling. On April 22 the Cuban ports were blockaded, and on that same date the 
 Journal ran the cartoon “A Corker for Spain.” On no other subject did the cartoonists get togethe 
 
as on this one of bottling - up the enemy. Even the Spanish artists had Schley, Sampson and Dewey 
 bottled up by their antagonists. The Journal was the first in the field with a bottling - cartoon. 
 It was supposed that Havana would be bombarded at the beginning - of the war. No one dreamed 
 
JOHNNY GET YOUR GUN. 
 
 April 25. 
 
 at this time of the island being- surrendered without an attack on Havana being- necessary. From 
 the time of the blockade being declared the news of the bombardment of Havana was daily ex- 
 pected. President McKinley made his first call for volunteers on April 23. He asked for l-o.OOO 
 
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO HIM. 
 
 General Kamon Blanco (of Havana)— What’s This, 'Wheat is Up to $1.20 at Minneapolis — Well, I’ll Not Take Any To-day.— 
 April 26. 
 
 men. If the number had been double that there would have been good men enough and to spare. 
 As it was there were not guns for all the hands that reached for them. Wheat took a boom on the 
 war and went up to $1.20 at Minneapolis. Gen. Blanco and the other inhabitants of Havana were 
 
POOR OLD SPAIN . 
 
 Old Mother Hubbard 
 
 Went to the Cupboard 
 
 To Get Her Toor Dog a Bone — 
 
 When Slie Got There 
 
 The Cupboard was Bare 
 
 Aud So the Poor Dog Got >one. April 
 
 unaffected bv this rise in price of a main commodity, though they were already short of foo £ ^ 
 supplies were shut off from them by the blockading squadron. Sagasta s war dog went hi 
 from the first.^The American congress placed a S50, 000, 000 bone before our healthy dog of *ar and 
 

 
 PROSPECTS FOR A SHOWER . 
 
 Tlio liainy Season is At Uaml in Cuba, and Somebody's Going to Get Wet.— April 28. 
 
 he was strong - for the fray. Spain had no such offering - . The rainy season was now at hand in Cuba 
 and it did rain pitchforks for the Spanish occupants of the island. On the whole, however, it 
 
THE DAY THE EAGLE SCREAMS . 
 
 April 29. 
 
 proved a refreshing: shower, much g^ri^d'ay i^e'xwta 
 
 SS£".K 'way Ca t”e rag a ^\'cVeam 0 /d d wm f .o n h | be remembered. On Sunday. May 1. Dewey 
 
 
May 3. 
 
 destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manilla and it was pertinent for Uncle Sam, viewing the wreck of 
 the Spanish ships, to inquire of Spain “Remember the Maine?” Butcher Weyler’s type-writer 
 

 IF WEYLER IS COMING . 
 
 Uncle Sam Should Enlist the Typewriter Girls and Be Beady to Meet the Foreign Invader With H.s Own Kind of 
 
 'Weapons* — May 4. 
 
 pr 0 t a going' back in Spain now, and promised dreadful things for the United States in the wav of 
 an invasion headed by this gentleman. It seemed Uncle Sam might need a new kind of army for 
 
 
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such a foe. Don Carlos and the friends of the pretender in Spain promised disaster for the little 
 king' and the helmsman who was running the Spanish ship of state over the troubled seas of these 
 
WILL WEAR THE STARS AND STRIPES. 
 
 Uncle Sam- -Here Sonny, Put on These Duds. — May 7. 
 
 times. Porto Rico, the out-post of all the Antilles was a vantage point of much value. Uncle Sam 
 kept his eye on this sentinel and it was early understood that when Spain was driven from the 
 western hemisphere, Porto Rico would wear the stars and stripes. Porto Rico seemed willing. 
 

 The Kind of a Campaign Cncle Sam is Expected to Make and Make it Quick, Too.-May 9 
 
 As for Cuba, it was all along- a case of carrying bread on the bayonet to the starving. Cervera s 
 
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 fleet was on its way to Cuba, and Sampson was after him to crush his force if possible on the high 
 seas. But the ocean is wide, and this was the beginning of a long search and much guarding and 
 
anxiety along the American coast. Small detachments of United States troops were landed along 
 the coast of Cuba at this time to co-operate with the insurgents and make ready for a land cam- 
 
UNCLE SAM , AS THE STRONG MAN, SURPRISES THE SPECTATORS AT 
 
 THE SHOW. 
 
 May 13. 
 
 paign against Havana. The Manilla incident together with the spirited manner in which Uncle 
 Sam was doing his work on this side of the ocean caused much comment from the European press 
 which, as a whole, expressed surprise at the strength Uncle Sam displayed. Sampson found time 
 
NO, NEVER TOUCHED THEM! 
 
 May 14. 
 
 to slip into Porto Rico and drop a few shells about the head of Governor-General Macias. That 
 gentleman, with true Spanish unveracity, reported to Madrid, “Never Touched Us.” The people 
 
of Spain were very much dissatisfied with this one-sided war. Mobs flourished, news of disasters 
 were kept from the people through press censorship. It seemed the people of Spain were more than 
 read)' to take Sagasta’s little king and the game with the Carlos’ jack. Cabinets went to pieces 
 
POOR MATERIAL FOR A NEW CABINET. 
 
 May 17. 
 
 very easily in Spain, and it was difficult for Sagasta to find good material for new ones. It was 
 evident to the Spaniards that they would only get blame and dishonor for serving in the cabinet at 
 
better friends than they used to be . 
 
 this time. The English Lion was very good to us in these days, and the Eagle smiled back his 
 
OUR NEW NAVAL POLICY— GIVING 9 EM MORE ROPE. 
 
 May 19. 
 
 appreciation. Schley and Sampson were given more freedom in their search for the wily Cervera. 
 It was a noticeable fact that American admirals did better when farthest from Washington in- 
 
UNCLE SAM AS A DISCOVERER. 
 
 Coluin.,™— Hello There. Old Man-Ton Seen. .0 He Having About as Hard a Time IMscovering the Spanish as I 
 iscoverlng You. — May 20. 
 
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GOT HIM TREED? 
 
 May 21. 
 
 cornered at last at Santiago. Before this cartoon got into the paper it was found necessary to run 
 a question mark after it. Several days elapsed before it was certain that Cervera was up the tree. 
 
HO W TIMES HAVE CHANGED. 
 
 The War Rumor to tine Klondike Rumor— Here, You old Whiskers, Get Off the Earth. Y ou re not in It With Me- 
 
 ld ay 23. 
 
 Rumors flew thick and fast, but they were all war rumors. •Klondyke gold, 
 
 main topic of interest, now had to give way to glory and the war rumor. There 
 

 While the French Are Talking of an Alliance With Spain, It May He Well for Them to Remember the Mane.— May 24. 
 
 published relative to France giving- Spain aid in the struggle. France probably never con- 
 templated antagonizing the United States, but her actions at home gave rise to rumors not 
 calculated to increase the friendship between the two republics. France had troubles of her 
 own with the English Lion and she probably did remember the “Mane.” Schley was left to watch 
 
May 26. 
 
 his name?” and after it was all over, it was ^decided that, 
 was pronounced “Sly,” and afterward, Slay. 
 
 before the night of July 3, it 
 

 The Spanish fleet was in fact bottled up securely, and the manner in which the American 
 shells were dropped over the hills into Santiago harbor suggested that Schley might shake 
 the Spanish well before taking. The great American eagle was now about ready to call in 
 
CLUCK ! CLUCK !! CLUCK! I 
 
 May 28 . 
 
 the brood of little eaglets. Dewey had captured the Philippines. Hawaii was soon to come 
 
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 THE BOYS OF ’76 AND ’61 PASS ON “OLD GLORY’’ TO THE BOYS OF ’98. 
 
 May 30. 
 
 up the colors that had never known defeat were, many of them, to fall within five weeks, before 
 Santiago. Christian crusader never died in a more glorious cause. They died as Columbia’s sons 
 have always died, for freedom’s cause. The Spanish fighter was now having an unpleasant time in 
 
 
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 May 31 
 
 the rule- he had chosen. On May 30, Commodore Schley's squadron bombarded the forts guarding 
 Jiie South of Santiago harbor. It takes none of the glory from the seven brave men who went out 
 
WHAT OUR NAVY IS MADE OP. 
 
 Four Hundred Men Volunteered When Sampson Asked for Men to Take tlie Merriinac Into the Mouth of Santiago 
 Harbor, at the Risk of Almost Certain Death.— June 6. 
 
 to meet death with Lieut. Hobson to recall that four hundred men offered themselves to go on the 
 expedition to block Santiago harbor by sinking the collier Merrimac into its narrow outlet. 
 
The unequal struggle between the Eagle and the Peacock was beginning to tell on the beauty of the 
 haue-htv bird The colonial possessions of Spain at one time made a gorgeous display. It was left 
 to the Eagle to pluck the few remaining feathers. The War Revenue act of June 13, levied heavily 
 
on our two “patriots” here, beer and tobacco. They seemed to thrive under the tax, however. 1 his 
 act also authorized a 3 per cent, popular loan not to exceed S400,000,000. Of this, $200,000,000 was 
 
WILL THE BIG SENTINEL LET HIM SLIP IN AT LAST? 
 
 June 10. 
 
 
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 offered at once and “went like hot cakes.” With the passport — “A Military Necessity” — Hawaii 
 slipped into the United States’ stockade. This cartoon, published June 10, preceded the big vote in 
 the house in favor of annexation, which came on June 15, and stood 209 to 91 in favor of annexation 
 
BOTH DOGS LOOSE NOW . 
 
 June 13. 
 
 While Cervera was at large, no attempt was made to start the troops to Cuba, but the army was 
 cut loose to help the navy as soon as possible after this menace was removed. Six hundred marines 
 landed in Guantanamo bay on June 10 and held their position. This was the first landing of an 
 organized force. On June 22, Gen. Shafter landed at Daiquiri with the invading arm)'. On June 
 23, the movement against Santiago was begun. On June 24, the first serious engagement took 
 

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 77 /£- fl ying squadron has its eye on the canaries - 
 
 June 20. 
 
 place. The Atlantic coast cities of the United States had their time of uneasiness when Cervera^ 
 fleet was at large. The fact that our flying squadron did not visit the coast of Spain, or at le s 
 pounce down upon the Canaries, was doubtless a surprise as well as a relie to ie . pa^ ls ' , t 
 
 the very first of the war this expedition to the Canary islands was talked of as our next move, but 
 
 
“CARRYING THE WAR INTO AFRICA . " 
 
 “Tile Yankee Pig” Will Soon Be Rooting Tilings Up Along tlie Shores of Old Spain.— June 20. 
 
 it never came. Admiral Camara, with Spain’s Mediterranean fleet, started through the Suez canal 
 to relieve Manilla. This started the talk of an American squadron to go to Spain and menace 
 
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 THERE’S AN AFRICAN ON THE COAL PILE . 
 
 June 30. 
 
 that coast. Spain became very uneasy and Camara returned, 
 in the air on the Saturday preceding the Fourth ot July. 
 
 You could almost smell the powder 
 The Journal had good reason to 
 

 make the cartoon of Hawaii, Cuba and the Philippines coming in for an independence day cele- 
 bration. For two days we had had reports of furious fighting before Santiago. It was a Fourth 
 
 HURRAH FOR THE FOURTH OF JUL Y. 
 
 We’re (oniing In on Independence Day Celebrations, Too.— July 2. 
 
UNCLE SAM’S STRING OF CANNON CRACKERS. 
 
 July 4. 
 
 of July year for Cubh indeed. The sun rose on Cervera's fleet destroyed. The Spanish admiral could 
 not have planned a more glorious Fourth for the United States. The string of cannon crackers 
 
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 started with a boom. The little Spanish King had indeed had enough of the American Fourth and 
 American fireworks. The day saw their fleet destroyed, their arm)' routed and left them without 
 any hope of contesting further the American arms. Blanco sent false dispatches to Spain as to the 
 
POOR , OLD SPAIN. 
 
 inindeil Astray Uy Tt.o.e Ha. ra», ... Treat, « ..r...K a 
 
 battle, and theSpanish newspapers aided in dnlud OldTpa'in 
 
 i- France 
 
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 DOES NOT KNOW WHEN HE’S WHIPPED . 
 
 A oices From tlie_Iling Side — Better Throw Up the Sponge, Don. You’re Done For. — July 
 
 and other friendly advisors began at once to try to break it gently to Spain that he was whipped. 
 Gen. Linares was still holding k out at Santiago in spite of the protestations of the foreign consuls. 
 
WEIGHING THE BABY . 
 
 July 8. 
 
 The Hawaiian resolution passed the senate on July 7 by a vote of 42 to 21 
 the new baby with evident signs of satisfaction at what the scales read. 
 
 . and Uncle Sam weighed 
 The only thing in sight 
 
 
OUT THEY GO- -BACK THEY COME! 
 
 The Little King of Spain “Makes Believe” War With Camara s Fleet and Keeps a String To It.— July 9. * 
 
 for the American navy to fight now was Camara’s fleet, and at this time it seemed certain atson 
 would go after them. Camara’s movements, or reported movements, were as uncertain as though 
 
As He Dreamed it Would Be— and— As It Is.— July 12. 
 
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 the little King- were playing with his ships. The Spaniards had so much fun out of the Yankee 
 pig that the American cartoonists had to get even by putting their version of the Yankee pig on 
 
UNCLE SAM’S ARITHMETIC CLASS . 
 
 ncle Sain to Alfonso XIII.— There Now, I>o You Think You Can Remember the Maine?— July 13 
 
 for a few evenings in this country. It was also fitting- to strike a balance between the cost to 
 Spain and the cost to the United States in destroyed war ships. Yes, Spain could probably, now. 
 
UNCLE SAM SWINGS HIS HAMMOCK. 
 
 The Conditions in Cuba Have Been Slightly Changed in the Last Few Days.— July 15. 
 
 “Remember the Maine.” On July 15, Unde Sam swung- his hammock in Santiago, which surrendered 
 without the bombardment which had been promised nearly every day since the fourth. About 
 
SIGNS OF PEACE. 
 
 July 16. 
 
 July 16 , Uncle Sam, the Noah on the war flood, welcomed in a dove with a small olive branch and 
 some peace talk from Spain. This was Spain's first sign of weakening. 
 
 dieted it since the Fourth, but it took Spain some time to come to it. July ISth it was gnen ou 
 
that Watson would start for the coast cf Spain that same week with a formidable fleet. It seemed 
 likely patrons of fashionable seaside resorts might soon be picking up the shells by the seashore. 
 
8«MMR»<e©VS 
 
 Close shaves 
 while you wait. 
 
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 July 19. 
 
 And now that Santiago had a hair cut and close shave, and the Philippine gentleman was cared 
 for, Uncle Sam turned to Porto Rico and remarked that he was !Next. Sanitary reforms were at 
 
ms DIFFERENT UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES . 
 
 The Buzzard to the Vultures— Well. Fellows, We Might as Well Pull Out. If We Stay Here We’ll Starve— Uncle Sam Is 
 Running Things Here From Now On, and Our Business is Ruined.— July 20. 
 
 once introduced into the cit) r of Santiago under United States management, and it seemed the 
 vultures and buzzards who had so long thrived under Spanish misrule would be out of a job. It 
 
WAITING FOR WATSON'S GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH . 
 
 July 22. 
 
 French fleet was there and certain Italian warships, presumably to see the show. Bull fight 
 
TOO MUCH REAL FIGHTING FOR THEM. 
 
 Spanish Bull Fighter — Yes. Bull Fights Have Been Stopped During The War. 
 
 American Prize Fighter— And You Can’t Get Anyone to Listen to Prize Fight Talk Now-a-Days. 
 Both— This War Is Wrong for Sure. — July 25. 
 
 ing was suspended in Spain, and as for the American prize-fighter he could not get in a word edge- 
 wise. This play fighting was tame in those warlike days, and the gentlemen of these professions 
 
Alphonso— Here, Old Man, 'Smoke One' of These .with Me.— July 2i. 
 
 were made to condole together. President McKinley, on July 26, received a note from ^ Spanish 
 cabinet asking for an armistice, and the little King asked Uncle Sain to have a sweet peace cigarette 
 

 
 
 
 with him. The peace proposal ball which followed immediately did not reach the baseman until 
 Gen. Miles was safe at Porto Rico, and so could not be deprived of holding - that base for Uncle 
 
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Sam. And now that the peace proposal egg was under the American eagle, Spain was much con- 
 cerned as to what would be hatched from it. It was decided that Porto Rico was to have a new 
 
 
plao^th^iTtalked most^the a ^or' U liUle°Phu'ipp^n^ wa^ to^e^abanc^ed^ithout^ati^thingt 
 
EVEN UNCLE PLATT RECOGNIZES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A ROUGH RIDER. 
 
 August 2. 
 
 Politics and war were doomed to blend all over the country this year, and even Uncle Platt recog- 
 nized the effectiveness of a rough rider when Teddy Roosevelt, all fresh from the war, put the 
 (i. O. P. through a few paces on the New York political track. While the Peace Protocol was not 
 
signed until August 12, on August 6 it was understood Spain would accept the peace terms offered 
 by the United States. For some days prior to this date the war eagle had yielded his place of honor 
 to the doees of peace and interest was centered about the peace negotiations at Washington where 
 
the French minister was representing - Spain. Public opinion had taken a flop on the Philippine 
 question and people were beginning - to realize that the United States must retain these islands- 
 which Dewey had placed in our possession. A good deal had been said in the papers about the 
 Philippines being an elephant on our hands and the G.O.P. took the stand indicated — Well: what’s. 
 
WHAT SPLENDID USE WE COULD HAVE MADE OF THE GRANDFATHER’S HAT . 
 
 August X. 
 
 the matter with elephants? As soon as Spain agreed to the terms of peace, President McKinley 
 began to look around for peace commissioners and the great head that is in Grandfather Pen 
 Harrison’s hat was one of the first chosen. The fact that he declined the honor the day the 
 cartoon of August 8 was published was no reason for leaving out of print what would have been so 
 
 
IN TIMES OF WAR PREPARE FOR PEACE . 
 
 I'nole Sam Can Heat Spain at this Kind of Game, Too. Only L,et Him Get His Talking Force Together. — August 9. 
 
 fitting a cartoon had he accepted. Uncle Sam had whipped Spain badly in the fighting game and 
 now that the talking game was to begin there was no reason why, with the force of talkers Uncle 
 Sam always has on hand, that he should not whip the Latin race worse in the game of talk. It 
 
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 THE EXPANSION POLICY. 
 
 j>. to i>. d. Better Pitch Iu Old Fellow and Get an Expansion on Yourself— August 11. 
 
 was no even contest for Spain. The two parties seated at the table spread with the luxuries of new 
 
 domain had the choice, of eating or not eating, as a policy. The G. . . t ® aloae . p 0 or 
 
 The democratic party, as a party, seemed inclined to sit back and let tl. e good things atone, 
 fellow, he is likely to go hungry a long time in consequence of this anti expansion po > 
 
 On 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNS OF PEACE. 
 
 August 12. 
 
 August 12 came substantia] “Signs of Peace.” M. Jules 
 signature to the peace protocol, representing Spain, and 
 
 Cambon, the French minister, affixed his 
 Secretary of State Day signed for the 
 
THEY SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE. 
 
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 Tin- Katie— Don’t You Fellows Get to ScrappinK Jiow. 
 
 The \ iilture-An’ IV hen You Get the Worst ot It Hut l>on t 
 
 a Hail Tiling at the Best. 
 
 Ask for Particulars. August Pi. 
 
 .floss iff 
 
 United States. The American Eagle and the Vulture of Spain had no sooner perched themselves 
 on Ihe win of the war arena to tall up peace than growls from Russian Bear and ^ English 
 Lion indicated we might have another bout in the arena. Perhaps the advice of the birds 
 
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CAN’T ALL GO HOME . 
 
 August 17 
 
 served to warn them. The fighting- done, the volunteers were released from the service as rapidly 
 as possible but the gunner who took up the battle weeks before they went into the field still had to 
 stand by his gun of diplomacy. Surely the United States had good reason to be proud of the man 
 
OVERHEARD IN THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY . 
 
 Porto Rico— I Reckon lie Must 15e own Step-Father— Eli, Hawaii ?— Augustus. 
 
 behind the gun. A great deal of speculation was indulged in as to what George Washington would 
 think of the country adopting these island peoples. Porto Rico and Hawaii may have done a little 
 iiguring too as to their relation to the Father of His Country. Admiral Sampson as head of the 
 
SAMPSON TAKES HAVANA. 
 
 ( apt a in General Blanco This Is Better Than the Pipe of Peace anil Answers the Same Purpose. — August 19. 
 
 evacuation commission went to Cuba on the Flagship New York with other members of’ the com- 
 mission and the I- ifth regular infantry to look after American interests in Cuba while the Spanish 
 were moving out. In far away Manilla, Dewey kept right on fighting on his own hook. J While the 
 
signatures were being possSlioif of the Philippine apple an.l 
 
 H wuts app^renMtere^wasn^ goirl^to b^n^core’M or little Alphonso. The war spint had long 
 
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QUELLING THE INDIAN OUTBREAK. 
 
 August 22. 
 
 been kindled in the youth of the land. It only needed Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show with his real 
 Cubans and Indians and all kinds of soldiers to come to town to fan it into a flame. Then we had 
 r eal war right in our midst and it took the strong - hand of authority to quell it. The terms of 
 
WHAT “SUBURBS” MEANS TO UNCLE SAM . 
 
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 August 23. 
 
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 peace g'ave Uncle Sam possession of Manilla and its suburbs. Of course after building - a Greater 
 New York and a Chicago, Uncle Sam’s definition of suburbs easily stretched over the entire Philip- 
 
A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE REPAST. 
 
 Jamaica-Ginger— Uncle Sam, I Thought You Would be Likely to Want Me After Absorbing All That Greeu Fruit.— August 24 
 
 pine group. The people of Jamaica could see the advantages to be derived by Cuba and Porto Kico 
 under the protection of the United States and they talked very freely of offering themselves to 
 Uncle Sam to go along with the tropical fruit he was assimilating, We could not all go to war to 
 

 
 
 LICKING THE WAR REVENUE STAMPS. 
 
 Uncle Sam— It Took Me Three Months to Lick Spain, but There’s No Telling How Long it will Take Me to Lick These 
 
 stamps.— August 26 . 
 
 
 help lick Spain, but we all had a chance to bear our share by licking" the war revenue stamps and 
 
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 MILES- -SHOOT IF YOU DARE. 
 
 August 27. 
 
 this was a good deal the longer process. When Alger began putting charges in that court martial gun 
 for General Miles the General smiled at the old blunderbuss and thought how the old thing would 
 kick the Secretary of War. Perhaps Alger thought of this too, as he never pulled the trigger. 
 
Canada as well as En 
 and was outspoken 
 
 land gave ITnclc Sam cordial support during the unpleasantness with -Spain 
 n her friendliness. One of the good jokes following the *ar was the 
 
THAT PROPOSED DISARMAMENT . 
 
 The Bear— Say, Fellows, Let’s All Full Our Teeth So We Can’t Fight. 
 
 The Others— All Right, but What’s the Matter With Fulling Out Yours First !— August 30. 
 
 Czar's proposed disarmament. The other animals to whom the Bear proposed the joke all enjoyed 
 it immensely and then the Bear grew a full set of new teeth. Hard times got killed some time 
 
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 HIS TURN NOW. w v , ,, 
 
 M, factory Chimney to Thirteen-Inch O— Well. » T hW .u«h. Now. -m. , M ? S-noU., _ 
 
 “ whTn t^te^ncr^uf 
 
 ^4 d ^ h fa°c?or;^e a ; «“«&“ be^gin in good oarnei The country spent weeks after 
 
TOO MUCH FOR HIM . 
 
 The Spanish Devil Fish Was Easy for the American Soldier, but the Official Ked Tape Worm of the War Department Is a 
 More Voracious Beast. — September 1. 
 
 
 the war was over fixing the blame. It was not far to find and most every one will agree that it 
 was the red tape worm. The army life was undoubtedly hard on our volunteers and many returned 
 

 THE WANDERER’S RETURN - 
 
 
 
 
 from the camps weak and sick from the experience, 
 son to recognize the Klondike face on "\\ ill \ olunteer. 
 
 The returning gold hunter had good rea- 
 Uncle Sam got himself into a big job of 
 
 
 
BREAKING NEW GROUND . 
 
 Uncle Sam, Having; Put His Hand to the Plow Cannot Turn Hack.— September 8. 
 
 plowing when he started out with the team of Justice and Humanity. He broke new ground for 
 Cuba and would gladly have not entered the Philippine field, but once in it with his hand to the 
 plow he could not turn back. What will the harvest be? Joseph Chamberlain, of England, came 
 
UNCLE SAM SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND ENGLISH . 
 
 Joseph Cha.5»erlain of England-“I Say, Old Man, Colonization Is Always a Good Thing for Any Cou..tr>, 
 
 Know ?”— September 9. 
 
 to make Uncle Sam a visit and he was just full of advice about colonization. He was 1 « terv ^ ( jd 
 by the newspapers and wrote articles for the magazines and the funny part of it was that 
 
 
PEACE SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME . 
 
 Uncle Sam— <iue»s I’d Better Use That Peace Commission at Home Before I Send It Abroad.— September 10. 
 
 Sam could understand his English perfectly. This was something new. A year before and it 
 would have been all Greek to Uncle. Uncle Sam could have used that peace commission at home 
 to good advantage to settle the difficulty between Alger and Miles. It was one of the most bitter 
 engagements of the war. In the Philippines Aguinaldo had an uncomfortable way of collecting 
 
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE . 
 
 V nole Sain to Little Aguinaldo— See Here Sonny, Whom Are You Going to Throw Those Rocks At ?-September 12. J 
 
 ammunition and storing up firearms. These he said were to be used on Spain but Tncle Sam got j 
 
 an idea some way that they might be used on himself and Aguinaldo w^as watched. YV hen 1 edd} 
 
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 THE REAL BRONCO BUSTER - 
 
 Teddy Roosevelt Seems to Stick Pretty TijLjlit to His Political Mount.— September 14. 
 
 Roosevelt's Rough Riders had to leave him they presented him with Remington’s statue of the 
 Bronco Buster. This called out several cartoons for and against the dauntless colonel. On the 
 
HIS POLICY . 
 
 Johnny (Home Again) — Kxpansion? You Bet. Mother! 1 Believe in Kxpansion, to the Limit.— September 11*. 
 
 ?ame dav as the Minneapolis Journal published its Bronco Buster cartoon, Davenport, of the New 
 York Journal, published one on the same subject but he made Teddy the horse and Platt the rider. 
 Poor fellow he was working - for an off side paper and had to do the best he could with a good sub- 
 ject. When Johnny came marching - home from the camps of beans and hardtack and bacon to his 
 mother’s well laden table, you may depend upon it, his policy was expansion to the limit. Der- 
 

 A PERTINENT QUESTION - 
 
 Uncle Sam— Well, What Is It to You, My German Friend, Whether There Is Coal Here or Not ? — September 20. 
 
 many had the nerve to take a coal hod and go poking' around over on one of our Philippine is ands 
 and actually reported a find of coal there. But that was all the g'ood it ever did Germany. 
 

 A PARTY WITHOUT AN ISSUE IN ITS SEARCH FOR ONE . 
 
 1 do not speak now of that other item which certain newspapers and others are trying to make the leading issue 
 Forgetting the glory, the achievement, the success with which any army of 200.00 men was raise ou misery and suffering and 
 
 outfit ninety d.„, the, „,e hectin. like bu„„d, over the b.t.I.fcW. »d l»p><* •»> If""'* tiX divi.ion „ 
 
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 ON THE BACK TRACK. 
 
 Christopher Columbus Now I Suppose 1 Have Got to Go Bark an<l Discover Those Spaniards. — September 2t» 
 
 Columbus’ bones were unearthed from their resting place in Havana before Blanco left, and 
 the discoverer was sent back to see if poor old Spain were still on earth. He did not find her the 
 proud nation which so cruelly mistreated him a few centuries ago. When Augustus Van Wyck 
 
THE ROUGH RIDING BEGINS IN NEW YORK. 
 
 September 30. 
 
 mounted the Tammany Tiger the Rough Riding began in New York. Had it not been for Teddy 
 Roosevelt's experience in this line and his new but glorious record as a fighter, the race might have 
 
 
The Old Pupil Turns out to I5e the Worst One in the Class. --October 7. 
 
 come out otherwise. The Indian outbreak in Minnesota showed that as a fighter Uncle Sam still 
 had a worse ward in the Indian than in any of the new pupils he had just taken into his school to 
 
UNCLE SAM AS THE CRUEL LANDLORD. 
 
 October 8. 
 
 train in the ways of civilization. The Spaniards showed a disposition to linger in Cuba, and Porto 
 Rico and Uncle Sam found it necessary to play the part of the cruel landlord. On October 7, he 
 posted notices of eviction in both houses. It was left for the governor of Minnesota to give the 
 
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 A ROAST FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Old-Mail- Not- A fraid-t>f-Red-Tape gets his war paint on and warms tip the war department at Washington.— October 10. 
 
 war department a roast that really counted. The war department procrastinated to its heart’s con- 
 tent about sending- supplies and men to Cuba, but when they dallied over long in sending men to 
 put down the Indians, Old-Man-Not-Afraid-Of-Red-Tape put on his war paint and sent the go-to- 
 
OUR HERO GOVERNOR SAFE . 
 
 Lieutenant Hobson-Great scheme that, governor; Let me congratulate you. Too bad I didn’t think of it, but I was taken 
 unawares, you know. — October 12. 
 
 the-devil telegram, and proceeded to raise men for himself. This made a hero of governor Clough. 
 New York papers ran his picture and displayed his deed in big type head lines. But hero’s were 
 
I51b Chief Sat-On-By-The-Fat-Man — How ! How ! But on the q. t., Dave, how did you <lo it ? 
 Big Chief Not-Afrald-of- Red Tape— Ugh ! Cgli! It was easy.— October l.'i. 
 
 not safe from the kisses of the ladies in war times, as Hobson and others found. r l he Governor s 
 protection was pictured for Journal readers. Big Chief Miles came this way and stopped at the 
 wigwam of the Chief Not-Afraid-Of-Red-Tape, to find how the governor had succeeded in doing 
 
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The House ('leaner -First chance I’ve had to clean up since Mac came here. That man works too much. Now, when 
 Grover was here the duck* were flying and the fish biting frequently.— October 17. 
 
 what he had tried to do during the entire war. When President McKinley catne west to the 
 Omaha Exposition and the Chicago peace jubilee, the people who take care of the executive mansion 
 had their first chance to give it a thorough overhauling. This was the President’s first relief from 
 work since the Maine sailed to Havana. Much of the time he had actually worked night and day. 
 
SURPRISED HIM . 
 
 Spain — McKinley Made a Doctor ! Why, I Thought He tim a Doctor already. Here I’ve Been Taking'His Medicine in Hig 
 Doses for Five Months or more.— October 18. 
 
 
 
 When President McKinley reached Chicago he was voted a degree by the Chicago University and 
 made, with much ceremony, Dr. McKinley. And Spain had been taking his medicine thinking he 
 was a Doctor all the time. Lieut. Hobson proved himself well trained in engineering as well as 
 
 

 S^onuVou S:itT“^-Km” 0 it Will Take Mere Than Wind Bags to Baise It.-October 19. 
 
 in bravery His work in raising the Spanish battle ships, sunk at Santiago, gained for km the 
 
 
 
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NEW JOB FOR “OLD SANTY.” 
 
 He Has One Errand Where “Dancer,” “Prancer,” “Comet” and “Vixen” Are Not Available.— October 2i. 
 
 Oct. 24. It was the offering-of Minnesota friends to the soldier boys in Manilla. Santa Claus had to 
 g-o into the expansion business in earnest. A year made a great "deal of difference with Uncle Sam's 
 
amily. No one would have dreamed a year before that when the President 
 
 proclamation for 1898 it would call so many little ,s ?“ d “ )f * October, broke it gently 
 
 jndcr his protection. The American peace commission, during the last ot uciooe , 
 
 Uncle Sam 
 
 THEIR FIRST THANKSGIVING . 
 
 Hawaii, Will You Have Some of the White Meat ?- 
 
THE YANKEE PIG AGAIN - 
 
 American Peace Commission — “Whole Hog: or None” Is the American Idea and in Regard to the Philippines It’s— 
 Whole Hog. — November 1. 
 
 
 to Spain that we must have all of the Philippine group. We would put up the cash, but we must 
 have— if it pleased the Spanish people to look at it that way — the whole hog. 
 

 AN INTERESTED SPECTATOR. 
 
 Is It Worth Willie to tiive the Administration Your Vote of Confidence at This Time, 01 Not. November 3 . 
 
 The Washington dispatches yesterday said: “Spain hopes to delay the presentation of the second proposition until the 
 by the time of the next sitting the elections in the United States will have taken place, and tf they should Sh ™ ™ 
 
 ministration the Spaniards will maintain a firmer stand against the demands of the Aroer.can commissioners W t ome ^ 
 modifications. Advices received from Mr. Day for several weeks have shown that the Spamsh commissioners have been building great hope ol 
 defeat of the republican party during the coming election.” 
 
A SLIGHT INTERRUPTION . 
 
 Uncle Sam— Excuse Me a Minute Until I Look Over These Returns**— November 8. 
 
 On Nov. 8, Uncle Sam had to interrupt his discussions with Spain long - enough to look at the 
 
election returns. These returns showed that the country endorsed the President in his policy 
 

 PUBUt StKTmttn. 
 
 
 ?ORtO 
 
 NO LONGER A GAME OF CHANCE. 
 
 Prest* McKinley Now Holds a Winning Hand. — November 11. 
 
 expansion. 1 his election deal left president McKinley with a sure winning' hand in the future, and the 
 Spanish player had nothing to gain by delay. The game was soon up. Blanco took flight from Cuba 
 
FIGHTING ** GROVE** TO THE FRONT • 
 
 lllanco— About >Ve "rfoIL Out or He,. Grover A.w.y. «- Ho,»e W«h a Foil Bag— November lli^ 
 
 
 earlv in November to escape 
 it because 
 
 
Spain for the Philippine islands, and after all the talk of yielding’ to force, this must have seemed 
 to the poor little king like quite a snug Christmas stocking from his Uncle Samta Claus. 
 
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 NEW WEIGHT IN THE BALANCE EUROPEAN VIEW OF IT. 
 
 It is 
 
 There now appears on the scene in a tota V.X and make every efforl so that U shaA' not b ■ discouraged and restrained on the 
 
 ?Sol l of toward a more active external policy.-From the Contemporary Review, London. 
 
 
 
 
 

 FLAGGING THE TRAIN OF PROGRESS. 
 
 Somebody’s Got to Get Off the Traek.— December 1. 
 
 Before the Senate met it was pretty well understood who would make up the obstruction crew 
 to stop, if possible, President McKinley’s train of progress. There were those who showed a dispo- 
 

 
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 UNCLE SAM DID ANYONE SA Y HE WISHED TO TREAD ON THE TAILS 
 
 OF MY COAT? 
 
 December 3. 
 
 sition to tread on the tails of Uncle Sam’s coat when he spread them out in the Orient. Germany, 
 in particular, was not polite, but he decided not to walk on our coat tails. When the House and 
 
Well, Hoys, Get Busy— There’s Work For You. — December 5. 
 
 Senate returned from their vacation, the East was snow bound ; but the beautiful snow of national 
 business, which had accumulated in drifts about the National Capitol, was a snow fall without a 
 
THIS SOLVES THE CUBAN PROBLEM . 
 
 Give the Youth of Cuba an American College Education and in the Future They Will Defend Themselves Against Any 
 
 Foreign Oppressor. —December 8. 
 
 parallel in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. A movement was at once started in the United 
 States to give deserving Cuban youths American college educations, the only requirement being 
 
THE “ OPEN DOOR" POLICY. 
 
 Some People Fiml It Rather Chilly. -December 10. 
 
 that the young men return to their native land. Leading colleges opened their doors, and promi- 
 nent men were named to receive funds from those who wished to contribute to the cause. i e\\ 
 England furnished more .than her share of the growlers around the stove in the country 
 
FORGIVE AND FORGET . 
 
 Uncle Sam — Well, Old Man. I’ve L,ieke«l You Good and Plenty, I hated to Do It, but I Had to. 
 Harborin’ of S T o Grudges, and H it’s Agreeable to You We’ll He Friends Again. Eli? — December 12. 
 
 All tlie Same, I Ain't a 
 
 store who grumbled at President McKinley’s Open Door Policy. The dates Jan. 26 — Dec. 10 in- 
 clude the war in its entirety. The good ship Maine sailed for Havana on the first date; the Peace 
 

 SOMETHING IN COMMON AT LAST. 
 
 December 17. 
 
 Treaty was signed on the last, and the cartoons within this cover with one exception cover that period. 
 Strange, wasn't it, that these two ship wrecked mariners, never before able to agree on anything, 
 should drift about on the political sea and at last find themselves hanging to the same plank. 
 
Chronology of the 'lOctr . 
 
 1898 . 
 
 Jan. 24— Battleship Maine ordered to 
 Havana on a peaceful mission. 
 
 Feb. 10— De Lome, Spanish minister, 
 recalled for unwarranted personalities 
 reflecting on President McKinley. 
 
 Feb. 15— Battleship Maine blown up 
 in Havana harbor; 266 lives lost. 
 
 Feb. 1 7 — United States board of in- 
 quiry on the loss of the Maine appointed. 
 
 Feb. 20— -Spanish cruiser Vizcaya an- 
 chors off Staten Island, N. Y. 
 
 Feb. 22 — Spanish board of inquiry re- 
 ports destruction of the Maine an acci- 
 dent of internal origin. 
 
 March 9 — Emergency bill, $50,000,000, 
 for United States defenses, passed. 
 
 March 28 — The president sends Maine 
 report to congress. 
 
 April 9 — General Lee and other con- 
 suls leave Cuba. 
 
 April 1 1 — The president sends a mes- 
 sage to congress recommending armed 
 intervention in Cuba. 
 
 April 16 — Intervention resolutions 
 
 passed by the Senate. 
 
 April 19— House passes intervention 
 resolutions. 
 
 April 19 — The president prepares an 
 ultimatum to Spain demanding evacua- 
 tion of Cuba within three days. 
 
 April 20 — Cuban resolutions signed by 
 the president. 
 
 April 20 — Spanish minister, Polo y Ber- 
 nabe, asks for his passports. 
 
 April 21 — United States minister, Gen- 
 eral Woodford, given his passports in 
 Madrid. 
 
 April 21 — Spain’s severance of diplo- 
 matic relations held to be a declaration 
 of war. 
 
 April 22 — North Atlantic squadron 
 sails to blockade Cuban ports. 
 
 April 22 — First shot fired when United 
 States gunboat Nashville captured Span- 
 ish coast trader Buena Ventura. 
 
 April 23 — The president’s call issued 
 for 125,000 volunteers. 
 
 April 24 — Spain’s first shot at United 
 States from masked batteries at Matan- 
 zas on United States gunboat Foote. 
 
 April 27— Asiatic squadron sails from 
 Hongkong to meet the Spanish fleet at 
 the Philippine Islands. 
 
 April 27— Batteries at Matanzas bom- 
 barded. 
 
 April 29 — Batteries at Cienfuegos bom- 
 barded. 
 
 April 30 — Batteries at Cabanas bom- 
 barded. 
 
 May 1 — Spanish fleet at Manilla de- 
 stroyed by Commodore Dewey. 
 
 May 5 — Sampson’s fleet leaves Key 
 West for Porto Rico. 
 
 May 6 — Pope advises queen regent to 
 appeal to powers. 
 
 May 6 — Minnesota regiments mustered 
 in. 
 
 May 9— Fight at Cardenas between 
 Winslow and three Spanish gunboats, 
 Ensign Bagiev and four men killed. 
 
 May 10 Dewey nominated Rear Ad- 
 miral by the President. 
 
 May 1 1 — Cable off Cienfuegos cut. 
 
 May 12 — San Juan, Porto Rico, bom- 
 barded. 
 
 May 12 — George Downing, Spanish spy, 
 commits suicide in Washington, 
 
 May 14 — Cape Verde fleet off Martin- 
 ique. 
 
 May 16— 12th and 14th Minn, leave for 
 Chickamauga, 13th for San Francisco. 
 
 May 18 — Charleston sails for Manilla. 
 First reinforcement for Dewey. 
 
 May 24 — Cape Verde fleet announced 
 at Santiago. 
 
 May 25 — Oregon arrives at Jupiter In- 
 let, Fia. 
 
 May 25 — President issues second call 
 for 75,000 volunteers. 
 
 May 27 — Schley arrives at Santiago. 
 
 May 28 — Santiago blockade begun. 
 
 May 30— Troops embark at Tampa. 
 
 May 31— Santiago forts bombarded. 
 
 |une 3— Hobson sinks the Merrimac. 
 
 June6 — Bombardment of Santiago forts 
 
 June 7 — Monterey sails for Manilla. 
 
 June it — Fight at Guantanamo, 2 ma- 
 rines killed. 
 
 (une 13 — Shafter sails for Cuba. 
 
 June 20— Shafter’s army arrives at Bai- 
 quiri. 
 
 June 2J — Charleston seizes the La- 
 drones. 
 
 June 22 and 23— Shafter's army lands. 
 
 June 23 — Juragua captured. 
 
 June 24 — Fight at LaQuasina. 
 
 june 26 — Cadiz fleet at Port Said. 
 
 June 26— Shafter occupies Sevilla. 
 
 June 27 13th Minn, sails for Manilla. 
 
 June 30— El Caney evacuated by the 
 Spaniards. 
 
 July 1 — Outer defenses of Santiago 
 taken. 
 
 July 2 -San luan.near Santiago, taken. 
 
 July 3— Shafter demands surrender of 
 Santiago. 
 
 July 3 — Cervera’s fleet destroyed. 
 
 July 4 — Cal! issued for 15th Minn. 
 
 July 6— McKinley issues thanksgiving 
 proclamation. 
 
 July 7 — Hobson and men exchanged. 
 
 July 10. — Bombardment of Santiago re- 
 sumed; Linares refuses unconditional 
 surrender. 
 
 July 10 — Bombardment continued and 
 investment completed. 
 
 July !2 — Miles arrives at Santiago. 
 
 July 13— Truce. 
 
 July 14 — Santiago surrenders. 
 
 July 1 7 — Stars and Stripes hoisted at 
 Santiago. 
 
 July 18 — 15th Minn, mustered in at 
 Camp Ramsey. 
 
 July 2 1 — Miles sails from Guantanamo 
 with 18,000 troops for Porto Rico. 
 
 July 25 — Gen. Miles’ advance lands at 
 Guanica, Porto Rico. 
 
 July 26 — M. Cambon, French Ambas- 
 sador, proposes peace. 
 
 I ulv 27 — Ponce, Porto Rico, surrenders. 
 
 July 30— Answer to Spain’s peace over- 
 ture delivered to Cambon. 
 
 July 31 — 13th Minn, arrives at Manilla. 
 
 Aug. 10— Peace protocol agreed to by 
 Spain. 
 
 Aug. 11 Hostilities cease. 
 
 Aug. 12 — Peace protocol signed. 
 
 Aug. 13 — Manilla surrenders. 
 
 Aug. 15 Merritt declares martial law 
 in Manilla. 
 
 Aug. 16 — Cuban and Porto Rican evac- 
 uation committee appointed. 
 
 Aug. 20— Repatriation of Spanish sol- 
 diers begins. 
 
 Aug. 20 — Aguinaldo accepts American 
 terms. 
 
 Aug. 27 — Col. Reeve breveted Briga- 
 dier General. 
 
 Sep. 3 — 12th and 14th Minn ordered 
 mustered out. 
 
 Sep. 10- -War investigation commission 
 appointed. 
 
 Sep. 15 — 15th Minn, leaves Ft.Snelling 
 for Camp Meade, Pa. 
 
 Sep. 17 — 1 2th Minn, arrives St. Paul. 
 
 Sep. 17 — Spanish peace commission ap- 
 pointed. 
 
 Sept. 17— U. S. peace commission sails 
 rum New York. 
 
 Sep. 23 — 14th Minn. arrives at St. Paul. 
 
 Sep. 24 — First meeting of the war in- 
 vestigation commission. 
 
 Sep. 27 — American peace commission 
 arrives Paris. 
 
 Oct. 3 — Merritt arrives Paris from Man- 
 illa. 
 
 Oct. 18 — Porto Rico formally occupied. 
 
 Nov. 1 — Maria Teresa abandoned while 
 being brought to United States. 
 
 Nov. 15 — 15th Minn, leaves Camp 
 Meade for Monte Sano Heights, Ga. 
 
 Nov. 21— American commission ulti- 
 matum offering $20,000,000 for Philip- 
 pines. 
 
 Nov. 25— American troops arrive at 
 Havana. 
 
 Nov. 28 — Spanish commission agrees 
 to accept American offer for Philippines. 
 
 Dec. 10— Peace Treaty signed.