Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07

! - body is, and
Il ~-osaI/n1 seems that h
I ~ ia name is Grove
, ~ 9 Ant Cleveland. He !
SssIEsJ eA\Es afraid that Cor
O@kYM Nki gress is about
@JITn vi compel him t
I( WJJNV aid the Cubans
IsS@O He succeeded il
getting the resolution declaring tn
Cubans entitled to Immediate recog
milton as belligerents and asking that
tae President use his good offices t.
persuade Spain to recognize the inde
pendence of Cuba, which was adopted
by the Senate with only six dissenting
votes, made concurrent" instead o.
''joint," which MAKE it just about al
valuable to the Cubans as the concur
rent resolution adopted by bott
branches of Congress some weeks age
and which is now bid away in pigeon.
hole in some White House desk has
been to the Armenians whom it was
intended to help. He wanted the resolu.
tion made concurrent because it would
theL leave him free 20 act just as he
pleased and just as though such reso-
luton had never been heard Of. He
was afraid that the resolutio n would
be made joint, as many Senators wish
ed it to be, as in that case he would
have been compelled to show his hand.
either by vetoing it or allowing it to
become a law, with or without his
signature.
Although he succeeded in getting
his Way in the Senate, Mr.. Cleveland
is very much afraid that he will not
in the House, and there is good ground
for his fear. Unless there is an unex-
pected change in the existing senti-
ment of the House, there is little doubt
that the Cuban resolution which will
be adopted by the House this week
will be made joint. and it is probable
that it will also be made stronger than
the Senate resolution. Then if the
Senate will adopt the House resolution
without amendment Mr.. Cleveland
will have to come out of the woods
and let the country see just where he
stands upon this question, within ten
days after its final adoption. If he
vetoes it it will be adopted over his
veto, and he will be compelled to carry
out its instructions.
1t rather extraordinary sta te of af-
fairs when men in Congress who are
disposed to be bis friends have to ac-
knowledge that try as they will they
have been unable to ascertain where
The President of the United NiStates
stands upon such an important question
so important that the most conserva-
i've men in the Senate have publicly
stated that it may lead the United
States into war with one or more Eu-
rOpean countries. And what makes
the situation even more extraordinary
IS the repeated cablegrams from Spain
saying that the Spanish minister in |
Washington has assured his govern
nent in the most positive terms that |
le has personal knowledge that Mr.. |
Cleveland has no immediate intention
If recognizing the belligerency of the
Jubans. 1t might bs supposed that
hese cablegrams alone would have
)esn sufficient to have caused Mr..
Cleveland to have at least taken his
riends in Congress into his confidence,
,ut no; he takes nobody into his con-
idence. Consequently there exists a
,elief that he is afraid to define his po-
ition. This is an unfortunate con-
lusion to arrive at, but what else can
,eople think.
Mr.. Cleveland gave Congress quite
urprise by vetolng the bill providing
or the leasing of school lands in Ari-
ona by the territorial authorities,
rhich was passed unanimously by both
House and Senate, and ths House re-
urned the favor by promptly passing
he bill over his veto 10y vote of 200
D 3S aud there is lit'le dub. that the
enate will also pass it with the 1e-
uired t yo-thirds vote. What made
he veto all the more surprising Was ,
nat a similar bill WAS passed by the
'st Congress for Oklahoma and has
vorked profitably for that territory.
The rumors alleging that certain Re-
lblicans were working to have spec
j NEE ing of the Republican National
ommittee called FOR the purpose of
,posing Chairman Carter, have re- e
lived no serious attention in WASH c
gton, for the very good reason that e
know them to be entirely U
ithout foundation. Senator Car.ar |,
i'll retire from the craftsmanship of
70 National COMMITTEES when the ST.
ouis Convention names the new Ma
onal Committee, and his successor !.
III be chosen AS usual by the man :
minated for President by that Con-
ntion. Even if Chairman Carter
ere trying to injurs the Republican
rty. although nobody in Washington IL