The evening times., 1895-12-18

EcNs cufufis us Oh Dc f<Seulu& liuses to4fdy y
wcanfis-the.sanity or pride OF the District
Republicans. they have only themselves to
blame for It, The history OF the local or
gaiifzAd d5h has been little more, especially
oE Late vars. than succession of child
isi quarrcls. Smith wanted to be bigger
man than Jones. aud Brown was bound to
give himself an air OF greater importance
than jenkins. There was always some sort
of split in the LEGAL Organization. and two
contcs;ing delegations were sure TO pre-
Sent themselves in the national convention.
All this pickering and quarrelIng and
fighting meant nothing more, OF Course,
than hot hu nj for what few bones of Off
cial patronage might be thrown in this d.
rection. and thus the District Republicans
made anything but an edifying spectacle of
themselves.
In addition to this. IL must not be forgot
factor in determining au election. 1t is
merely u hanger-0n 10 either party How
ever the Republicans have received due
warning. 1t is for them TO act accordingly.
LOOK AT THE MATTER CALMLY.
The action of the House in appropriat-
ing 100000 to investigate England's
claim on venezuela foreshadows the eve
of great calamity which can only be
| averted by the adoption of wise and pru-
dent measures. Naturally, Americans are
MarDke.. The proposition to fight England
is popular, and President Cleveiand's Wig
| orous message on the Venezuelan question
has aroused O pa atriotic sentiment that will
be difficult to suppress. But in view of the
financial depression and the avalanche of
bankruptcy and ruin wariike talk will
bring on our, business interests, 1t would b.
best to calmly consider If we can afford to
| involve this country in such disaster.
Nearly one-half our business enterprises
! are ON the verge of failure. A proiracted
period of hard times has involved them in
debt, and II would only require financial
panic to send many of them to the auction
| block. In addition to this lamentable state
| ofaffairs, fully one-third of our working peo-
! pie are out of employment, and more seri-
Gus business depression would cause them
| unspeakable misery and suffering. Then
| again, our national revenues are insufficient
to supply present demands, and another
bond issue is necessary to maintain the
gold reserve and preserve our financial in
tegrity, and that phase of the situation l.
| alarming. An immense amount of Ameri
can securities are also held by foreign inves-
tors, and should the Presidents def create
, n feeling abroad that we were about to
enter upon q war. these holdings would
be thrown on our stock market, and gem
eral financial disruption would follow.
The thing for the Senate to do under the
circumstances is to reject President Cleve-
lands proposition to make an appropriation
to investigate Englands Venezuelan claim.
| Such a defiant proceeding would surely
| result in grave consequences, for should
England insist on enforcing her demands
this country would be compelled to protect
Venezuela, and serious conflict might
ensue. The controversy can be settled dip
| lomatically. If no ill-advised measures are
adopted. But If we are to paiut the Monroe
doctrine red and shake it at John Bull, we
may expect either to fight or to run. And
We cannot afford to do either.