Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Maraykanku wuxuu qabsaday gumeysigii hore ee Isbaanishka ee Puerto Rico, Filibiin iyo Guam. Fikradda ah in Mareykanka uu yahay awood boqortooyo, oo leh gumeysiyo, ayaa si kulul looga dooday gudaha iyadoo Madaxweyne McKinley iyo Pro-Imperialists ay ku guuleysteen mucaaradka codka leh ee uu hogaaminayo Dimuqraadiga William Jennings Bryan, oo taageeray dagaalka. Dadweynaha Maraykanku waxay si weyn u taageereen lahaanshaha gumeysiga, laakiin waxaa jiray dad badan oo dhaleeceynaya sida Mark Twain, oo qoray "War Prayer" oo mudaaharaad ah. Roosevelt wuxuu kusoo laabtay Mareykanka si geesi dagaal ah, waxaana si dhaqso ah loogu doortay gudoomiyaha gobolka New York kadibna wuxuu noqday madaxweyne ku xigeenka. Wuxuu ahaa madaxweynihii ugu da'da yaraa ee xilka qabta kadib markii uu 42 jir noqday.
dilkii madaxweyne McKinley.