The times., 1897-05-14
The PeopIe's Rising Wrath.

The legislature of Utah has ruemorialized
the Congress OF the United states, urging
action to secure the intervention of the
Government in Cuba. The memorial is
brief, but il is very much TO the point.
1t recites that 1.-THE people OF these
United States pause in their praises to
God for liberty bestowed, and shudder to
hear the unheeded cries for help waited
to our shores ON every breeze, and scken
at the picture of rapine and murder enacted
under the guise of war in Cuba. . Itasserts
the right and power of the United States
to protect its citizens and the fur
ther right 10 protect the weak against the
continent and concludes:
Therefore, lac 1t resolved by the governor
and legislature OF the State OF Utah, That
the Congress of the United States is here
by Ineniurialized to exercise all the force
necessary, even to a declaration Of war,
to protect the lives and interests of Amer
lean citizens in Cuba, and to stop the
butchery of men, women and children, and
the further exhibition Of the carnival of
blood now being enacted on that island -
This is an illustration of the way in
which the indignant sentiment Of the
American people is being crystallized every
where The movement is fast growing to
Irresistible proportions We do not think
that President Mckinley realizes its
strength, or the personal feeling. with
regard to himself, which is showing it
self in every State and county. and with
out any reference to political lines. On
this question he has thus far shown a
lack OF perception regarding the views
which in a man OF his intellect and ex-
perience is simply incomprehensible 1t
was h.s business TO know that, when he
assumed office, the people, who had
been watching the dastardly Cuban policy
of his predecessor with grief and rage.
expected an immediate change, and that he
would declare himself and Government
the champions of liberty and humanity.
BY securing the release OF some,
slowly dying in Spanish dungeons, he
seems to plume himself upon having done
everything that the occasion requires
He had 1t in his power to make himself
the best-loved man in the United States,
by taking the stand that 1T was within his
right and power and certainly lis solemn
ship would have hailed him as a worthy
successor of Washington, and Of Lincoln.
he would have disarmed political hostility,
and rallied to the support OF any and all
non-partisan Executive propositions the
patriotic men of every party
But be appears to be under some malign
influence, which is able to close his
eyes TO duty, and to the fact that mil
lions of men and women who are of his
own political faith, as Wen as others, are
coming to regard him in a Light that
would be shocking to him if he were
aware OF IL. Whether operating directly
or indirectly, the persons VITO in America
represent the capitalists owning the Span
ish bonds, and who dictates. the Cuban
policy ofClevelandand oiney, have tlis time
effectually blindfolded him and prevented
his adoption OF the only line Of conduct
consistent with his character as a man
and Christian, and with his public duty.
We beg President Mckinley to break
through the small golden circle that en-
virons, deafens and shackles him, and
learn for himself the dangers that threaten
his reputation for justice. humanity and