The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-06
COURAGE GONE.
The President Was Afraid to Meet
the Situation,
THE VITAL SUBJECTS IGNORED,
It's Reverence TO Vsnrsuplu thg Trick ola
Politician Cuba's Patriots Nepualatrd,
No CFpaIt Given to congrr'a for An-
nSpaplnE ths MunrOp DopEIns to Eng
land,

land,
A Washington special in the New
York Advertiser sayai No message
that ever came from any President was
received with such disgust and dlsap-
poIntment as that which Mr. Cleyo-
land sent to Congress, 1t lacked cat
dor, courage and suggestions. Demo-
Gratis ana Republicans allie made no
secret that II failed TO measure up 10
tho standard they had set Tor Il, For n
half hour the members In both branches
listened eagerly 10 tho reading ur IL,
and then, finding Il barren, they retired
To the committee rooms TO discuss II In
formally,
For weeks II was anticipated with
anxiety, To II the Democrats looked
as mariners search In nights OF tenn
pest FOR something by which they may
set their course. Republicans natur-
ally expected that II would indicate
some scheme OF government whereby
the country might no eXtricpted from
tho plight into which Democratic folly
had plunged H.
The silence on the deficit In the reve-
nue. was roundly denounced MS coward
ly, That u deficit OF over ,STO,OOO.OQO
should be passed over without even n
mention wns more than startling, The
members were amazed. Mr., Cleveland
had practically confessed that he did
not dare face the situation; with u
blind faulty he declined 10 confess TO
a fact AZ sad as Il 10 certain Ha had
no suggestion to make concerning II.
lie merely ignored II.
OF course. this would relieve u Re-
publican Congress from any duty IN
Tho premises, II the President II sat
lshed with q scheme OF reveRgo which
results In an annual deficit OF $40. 900
there ~ neither loyal nor moral ubliGa-
tion devolving on q hostile party 10
come To his relief, Were II not thnt II
Is the prosperity and honor OF the c0un-
try. and not the individuality OF the
President or the party which he IL Ut
the head OF, Congress would permit Mr.
Cleveland to wander about on his path
less sea; but II Il moro than probable
that they win accept the situation US Il
duty imposing action upon them,
Hia reputation OF the Cu6ans struB-
Cling for Independence was one OF the
strongest portions of his messugG That
referring TO Venezuela was the trick of
the politician. He recommends very
largely now what Congress Insisted
upon In the fnRl days Of the session OF
the Fifty-thlrd house. He COnfeSses
that that resolution passed In Febru-
AIRY, was not transmitted 10 the Eng
liSh government until June last, At
this later date the ministry OF the un-
fortunate ROscbsry, which was Liberal
In more than name. had failed to retain
the confidence 81 England. and had
been succeeded by Salisbury. who wOr-
ships at the idol OF lingo. Salisbury
OF course, was Obdurate. and thus did
the administration, by It's dilntorlneHs,
lose the opportunity It had
The scenes In senate and house were
marveloualy different from that which
prevailed when. two years ago Presi-
dent Cleveland had sent In his mes
sage. Then the Democracy was revel-
ing in surfeit Of power. In It's arru-
ERncy II had refused even the custo..
mary vote OF thanks to the defeated
speaker Tnmmnny hail had come
down In large delegations to cheer Its
unbroken ranks from New York city,
The south was in the saddle, exultant
and defiant. Upon the peaceful and
manufacturing north and enst II would
wnge another war. There were scarce
Republicans enough 20 demand roll
call on any motion. on the floor and
In the gallery Il was nothing but DEM
ocrncy, everywhere. AS one Tammnny
man intellectually but suggcstively put
It. I'VE will milk this thing until II Ii
dry" And they did.
To-day the Democrats are not In pos
session OF either branch. There are
great gaps in the senate, and In the
house there are not enough Democrats
10 do anything except by the grace OF
InntaNNlAn aud nn-
Bpair were written all over them. EN-
Speaker Crisp got up IN disgust when
there was read the suggestion Of the
retirement OF the Ercenback as u pann-
cea, and SulEer and McMillin and Cum
mings and CRtchingB, and even owens
OF Kentucky, took not the slightest
pains to conceal their chagrin ut the
cruelty toward Cuba. Not one OF them
had heart enough left in him to say
that the message was oven mediocre.
Perhaps Amos Cummings best inter.
pretcd the feelings Of all when he said
that after that message he was bound
TO believe that Banker Benedict hud
Hpoken By the book when he declared
that Mr. Cleveland did not intend TO
submit himself to the votes OF the peO-
PIE again. There VAS not nn influential
Democrat who gave 90 the message
even the courtcsy Of pcrfunctory mp
plauBc. There was not n Cuckoo In
either branch who was bold enough tn
wnrhic note OF concurrence IN the
sentiments contained In the message
There was not q slogan IN the CutirC
volume not n battle cry around which
the disrupted aud dhhcartcnel DEM
ocracy might rally Their President
had led them into the Wilderness, niid
the only explanation he would offer was
that they were there
immediately after the reading had
been concluded the house adjourned
until Friday. THIS VIII afford the Pro-.
idCnt opportunity to learn IN detail
what may be the pufpoBra OF his gran
and good friend with reference to the
cnCroachmcntS Of British Guiana upon
the valuable gold zelda In tho Yuararl
district ~ VcnpEuClu, and 10 report tie
sumo to Congress.
The SENATE. which, cO.ordlrntely
with the President, In the treaty max.
inE power Gvlrcod determination tO
not brook English dlCtation IN the
South American Rtpublcn. II did not
intend to Elt Idly until tho President
should roc NJ 10 communicate with II
fully on the subject. Two Republican
scnatOrs-thc scholarly Lodge. from
Massachusetts, and the stnlwart vctcr-
an Cullom, Of IlllnOls-both introduced
resolutions Affirming uraliclnblc nj
lcClnnco 10 the Monroe doctrine Cul-
loin'a resolution declared and lnfrug-
tlun Of II 10 be n dangerous menace. ma
f.ndgca affirmed TINT any attempt on
the part OF any European nation 10 OK
tend the territorial llmlta " lta colo
MICS or dependencies on this continent
to 10 distinct act Of hostility to the
United Stntos.