Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-12-11
Text Of President Cleve-
lands Recommended
tons to Congress.
Recognition Of the Independence Of
Cuba Impossible Under Pres
ent Circumstances.
Spain Must Soon Take Steps to
End the War, or Interference by
United States VIII Follow.
Much Space Devoted to the Financial
Extraordinarily for Our.
rency Reform.

Much Space Devoted to the Financial
Question-Necessity for Our.
rency Reform.
eyt 81 ss Pso %assss Z The
TO Too the Congress- of the United States;
ha have assembied D a at ' {ime When the
ts afoa aa aad ss aess 81 S shas
manifest x political contest t involving
feverlsh apprehension and creating as-
d os ass ana a has ssn
the decree Of free and independent suf-
frage, without disturbance Of our tran
ay or ha Shen @e
these incidents and contemplate the peace
full obedience and manly submission which
opinions, we discover abundant evidence
Of determination on the part OF our coun-
to abd bg every at
established eds d for rio the direction Of the az
fairs Of their government.
The Turkish Question.
the outset Of to ths
i h Il ! could assure ths consssss
key had during the past year assumed 2
less hideous and bloody aspect. and that
either Of the eewaasen,nS
Of l humane s civilization. or as the result
Of decisive action on the part Of the great
eTrs oe sy TIM t1s sa 1s
fana att ss the . shocking features Of the
't Instead, However, Of Welcoming soft
ened disposition OF protective intervention,
we have been afflicted by continued and
struotion IF homes and the bloody buteh-
cry Of men. women and children. made
martyrs to their profession Of Christian
Protection Of Americans.
While none Of our citizens in Turkey
though often in the midst Of dreadful
ture is by no means assured. Our govern
! ment at home and our minister at Con-
have LEFT nothing nndo4e to
Tory, who. constitute nearly all the indiyld-
uals residing there who have right to
claim our protection on the score Of Amer
| lean citizenship.
Cuban Insurrection.
The instruction in Cube still continues
with all Its perplexities. It Is difficult to
Island, or that the situation Of affairs al
isp the least i@proved Il Spain stil hoids
at viii over at least two-thirds Of the in.
nd n % p DOWN II the
and and IS IS evinced BY her unhssitating devotion
forces 10 the task, there is much reason tq
| believe that the insurgents have gained
in point of numbers and character and re-
| their resolve not to succumb without prac-
tically securing the great objects for which
| they took UP arms.
Not Yet Entitled to Recognition.
| If Spain has not yet reestablished her
| authority. neither have the insurgents yet
independent state Indeed, as the con- 6 m;
| government exists on the island, except &C
far as Spain is able to maintain it, has
keep on foot such, a government, more o,
less imperfectly. in the large towns and
their immediate suburbs. But, that excep.
gwen over to anarchy or IS SUBJECT tSe
military occupation OF one or the other
party.
Why Spain Does Not Win.
! Were the Spanish armies able to meet
their antagonists in the open, or in pitched
battle, prompt and decisive results might
i Of the Spanish forces In numbers, dis
cipline, and equipment, could hardly TAI
to tell greatly to their advantage.
Il Situation Deplorable.
Il Meanwhile, as in all cases Of protractec
civil strife, the passions Of the combatant:
} grow more and more infiamed anu excesse
on both sides become more frequent ant
pated in BY bands Of marauders, who, nov
name of the other. as may best suit tn
plumber its wretched Inhabitants for for. thei
own advantage. Such condition Of thing
would enta.limmense
ticab BILE. But while such seemed to be tn
It has now apparently abandoned it and
surgents. namely. that , the exigenciss !, 9
/ ton of property that it may not prove 0
use and advantage to the enemy, 1t is t
the SANG END that IN pursuance rs Of genera
. withdrawn from plantations and the rura
9 population required to concentrate itsel
. In the towns.
Would Engage Our Serious Attention.
The spectacle Of utter ruin of an adjoin
: ing country, by nature one Of the mos
s h he asrDns ea the s o The eo1
|, eminent and the people Of the Unite
States in any circumstance In point 6
. by no means Of wholly sentiments
, or philantnropic character. 1t lies so NEG
US to be hardly separated from o.
Is S 81 Spain h9a ssaRbS
nat n at sas ca fpHm ags
9 In plantations. and in railroad. minin
8 and other business enterprises on Il
Snaed States and IN
to about s103,00o.o00, and In 1894, Il
broke out. amounted to nearly $50, 900. 006.
vexatious Entanglements.
Besides this large pecuniary stake /.
the ag s Of Gpaa hi ny wpsd 81
atious and costly: Many Cubans reside
;. insurrection through the press, by pub
s arms. BY the raising Of funds and BY 9th
a to be made the subject OF crimin aI prosec
Some Sf t them Though Gpbans
d have taken out pagers as naturalized CT
sorted to With view to possible pr6se
z urally regarded with much Indignation
the country Of their origin.
The Question of Intervention.
10 These inevitable entanglements Of t
the large American property interests q
!, fected and considerations of philanthro
d and humanity in general have led to y
IS the Ri1 part st Of the Tnited States. Il was
IT first proposed that belligerent rights shou
sition no longer urged because untime
and in practical operation clearly perilo
b and injurious to our own interests. 1t h
4 since been and Is now sometimes contend
= that the independence of the insurger
y should be recognizsd: BSt imperfect ,t q
ha O n nd IA M