The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18

II its origin dsd not faint II with mar
TALLY: We shall be very much aston
shed II there is any disagreement among
the organs of public opinion IN this
country as 20 the manner in which S,Ich
claim should be confrontsd''
The Times contends further that Eng
and is bound 10 resist the extended Claim
or Monroesn, and says: "A power which
So-e niles OF intervening ocean as sever
ing 1t from its subjects"
TIE Times says further: This M
necessary and aggressive excursion seems
to point to the possibility that this sud-
den offensive movement on the part Of the
United States government has more 10 DO
with party politics than with diplomacy
Much may be p2rdoaei in view OF the
approaching presidential election. which.
10 large extent. explains the union OF
the Republicans with the Democrats IN
rass-ng the lingo cry Il IS to be remem-
pered, moreover. that deal Of time must
eLSpSe before the comm ssio1 can be an
pointed, and a still longer time before :.
can report. II may not come into exist
ence, indeed. until the executive has
passed into other hands. Meanwhile the
sober common sense of the American
people, we should hope. VIII condemn the
attempt 20 pick a quarrel with a friendly
nation.
In any case. cur owr course Is clear.
We must stand firmly and calmly upon
our nights as an independent state, and Z
necessary, take practical measures 20 as
10 settle the frontier qusteion by drawing
lne OF our own-(of course there can
be no thought of anything less than the
Schombers Ene) and allowing the United
states and Venezuela to settle the matter
as they may
The Times has only two editorials. both
OF which are devoted 10 Venezueia. Il
also publishes all the correspondence is
fal contains a lengthy discussion of the
history OF the boundary dispute. and says
that the American government now ar
cues, with surprising dislngenousness.
mat England never had any consistent
theory of its rights. but had been grad
ually enlarging its Claims 'But IL can
not be too clearly understood" says the
Times, that we have never receded from
the contention that our full claim is what
we Inherited from the Dutch
SENATE HORRIFIES THEM
London. Dec. 1S.-George W. Smalley
New York correspondent of the Tines in
his review of the expressions of pubItc
opinion in America over the presidents
message. quotes extracts from a number
or the New York papers. OF the demon
Straiion of approval upon the reading of
the message in the senate he says:
Senator Lodge is reported as saying
IN answer TO question how he liked the
message, that he was bubbling over with
delight. There could not be q more sin
lister indication of the sense in which the
message was understood. Strange stories
come by telegraph from the capital, of
laughter in the senate, and stranger still,
of congratulations exchanged between Re-
publican senator's Those who reserved
Their opinions are the anti-Cleveland
Democrats"
CALLS IT BACKBONE.
Cincinnati. o., Dec. 1.-THE Enquirer
viii say tomorrow: CleVeland's message
is an exhibition of American backbone
which every American will applaud. Con-
gresS must sustain President Cleveland's
position or else abandon the Monroe doc
trine.
WHATEVER THE MOTIVE.
New York. Dec. 1.-THE Morning Ad-
vertiser VIII say: Grover Cleveland at
one leap has rachel the high plane OF
patriotism. President Cleveland's message
voices the sentiment of the entire Ameri- |
can people. Political considerations may
or may not have actuated the president |
He has risen TO the duty of his great Of /
fee, and much may be forgiven him for |
that"