Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-05


ed that Congress was called upon,
annually, to vote large sums Of mon
ey for work supposed to be done by
this Board Of Pnblic Works. Citi-
zens Of the United States every
where are interested in these rob-
cries, yet Senators Sherman, Hamlin
and Conklin voted, substantially to
squelch the proposed investigation,
while, OF all men, these distinguish
cd representatives of the Republican
Party should have been the last to
even seem to desire postponement.
The conduct Of Republican Admin
istration should be above suspicion
and beyond reproach. 1t should
court publicity, and be able to refute
all accusations Of corruption.
THE UNITED STATES VS.. CUBA.
Senator Conover, Of Florida, pre-
sented in the Senate on Thursday,
the 22d inst, certain resolutions ex-
pressive of the sense of the people
OF Florida concerning the internal
affairs of the Island Of Cuba. Gen
orally, those resolutions indict the
Spanish Government for the manner
in which IL has endeavored to quell
the insurrection in Cuba. ut is
unparalleled i'm modern times"
"should not be permitted by any CIV
ilized Government" So the indict-
ment reads.
But what has Florida, or any other
State in the Union, to do with this
business? Certainly, so far as facts
have appeared i'm evidence, very few
Cubans have really rebeIled against
the Spanish Government Of Cuba.
The rebellion is almost exclusively
one melted, fomented and carried on
by fillibusters from the United
States. Cuban associations and clubs
have, from the very beginning Of
this so called rebellion, been or
ganized in the United States for
the purpose OF purchasing arms
and munitions Of war to be used
against, and of enlsting men to act
in hostility to Spain a country with
which the relations Of the United
States were, until then, the most
peacable and friendly. Under such
circumstances, therefore, it would
seem that the good Offices of the u.
S. should, like charity, be first exer-
cised at home. When the United
States shall have honestly performed
their whole duty in good faith, in
respect to the obligations imposed by
international law, in this matter then
and not until then, will it be time to
prate Of the inhumanity Of the Span
ish Government. Perhaps 1t will
then be found that there was no
cause of action against Spain. 1t
may happen, then, that with the
subsistence Of the causes which pro-
NOTED the rebellion, their effects will
have entirely disappeared.
The pretense that Intervention is
required In the interests of the spread
Of Republican forms of government,
Is without the shadow of foundation.
Spain is, If not already u Republic,
in the way of becoming one, without
assistance from any other people.
Besides, If public opinion in that
country does not favor Republic, ii
Is too soon to establish one. What
ever the fact may be in this instance,
however, Spain b only too ready to
accord to all its provinces the right
of local self government" In this
respect 1t announced its policy to be
autonomy OF the islands Of Porto
Rico and Cuba, 80 that they may
have their own Parliament, their
own administration, their own gov.
eminent" II well let alone, there
fore, the Spanish Government will
itself do all that 1t is proposed that
the United States shall do. Consid-
ering that this is the proper business
Of Spain, and not any part of the
business Of the United States, and
that very possibly ia the near future,
there may be another insurrection
even in the United States, it be-
hooves our government not to estah-
lish u precedent which shall justify
the intervention OF any foreign ma
ton in our domestic affairs.
AMERICUS.