Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-06-27
WHAT DOES IT MEAN.

a snort time ago the Los Angeles
Express published prediction founded
upon the authority of a pFominen'
politician of that city that previous to
/ the meeting of the democratic conven
ton next month, the president OF the
United States intended springiIg some
Cuban measure upon the country which
would result in general stampede to
his support and secure for him re-
nomination. 1t would seem from The
course ofSaffairs within the last few
days that the prediction had a pretty
solio foundation.
1t is announced 10 dispatch to tie
New York Herald that on Saturday
Consul-General Fitzhugh Lee dispatch
ed two important documents to WASH
ington, in which the recognition of the
Cuban rebels as belligersnts and poeei-
bly, an armed intervention 10 Cuba On
the part of this country are advised as
the only solution of the war, and the
only means by which American lives
and property in the island can be ade-
quately protected.
1t may DE mere coincidence, but il
it liz, it is a remarkable one, that the re-
publican nomination for the presidency
was made Thursday very late in the day,
and that by the next steamer, but little
more than twenty-four hours later, this
dispatch was mailed. 1t would not
have required very astute craftsmanship
to have surmised that the republicans
would sllu6e to Gu ba in their platform
or the form that the allusion would
take, especially as it was publicly an
nounced weeks ago that Senator Lodge
would write the foreign plank in the
platform, and his views on the Cuban
trouble are very well known.
The republicans beng committed to
intervention in Cuba would of necessity
have to indorse anything in the direc-
tion of that policy, and it is by no means
impossible that Cleveland may have
concluded to eteal their thunder as
means to carry the Chicago convention
next month by drowning all discussion
of the financial question in the enthu-
siasm evoked by great stroke of foreign
policy. IL such WAS the pl8n OF the
weighty gentleman who occupies chair
IL the White House, what better method
could be have taken to accomplish his
end than by instructing Consul-Genersl
Lee to write just the letter he is SAID
to have written at this particular time?
The announcement that the letter to
the state department is OF highly
sensational character strengthens the
theory that Cleveland is preparing
sensation for the country. 1t is well to
note the fact that the announcement of
the dispatch comes through the New
York Herald the acknowledged official
organ of the administration. The cor
of the Herald says the
consal-general would not talk, yet he is
able to announce that the dispatches
advise the policy outlined above.
Again, as supporting that theory,
General Lee, whose prominence gives
weight to what he says snd does, was
hastily appointed to succeed Consul
General Williams and as hastily dis
patched to his post of duty only recent
", since it became evident that the
democratic convention would declare |
Tor free silver.
Finally it is announced that Whitney |
has suddenly taken hold OF the cam
paign for the eol6bus wing of the demo-
,racy, and that that faction has been |
,evived and is not without hopes of win
hing at Chicago. 1t certainly can only |
nope to win by some such scheme as
hat suggested.
Under all these circumstances, it is |
;sfe TO predict that something very
may be expected in connec-
ion with the Cuban war between now
md July 7, and that the desire of Gle
leland to swing his party II line with
lis views Will be largely responsible for
he sensation when it appears.