Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-21
rsphants on MCKiEley'S Hands,

-.. perhaps, or the SnGStIy piece
81 they were penetrating when
.... a.med Mr.. Mckinley The adj
agent Of prosperity"
calls TO mind a Macmillan who
20 his glories. sang his songs Of
lel victories. and assumed the
. Of The Great before he had
f1 the throne and donned the
..le robe of power-then by imbecile
sci.y led his country into dis
,-f. disaster. and TO the very verge
G. usutegratiou.
is often true that when the sceptre
ellis from such feeble hands, destiny
SMILES man Of power, a giant, who
brings "o-der ont of chaos" brings
-reng.h where there was weakness;
nee where there was discord, and
.n the slowly crumbling fabric Of a
r. upHfrs. rebuilds, fortifes and re-
unds with power and glory a
rtv. reinyigorated nation.
e-7m The certain drift Of our national
srs. the question of the patriotic
and r7selazh American is: Will the
rs.r,, and their leader be in time to
assume control before our internal
rr.ra.-y is entirely destroyed, before
we sr enbr5iled in foreign wars, and
before $50 are bankrupt?
When Internal troubles become
sr--mae. the head of the government
often tfsturbs it's foreign relations.
This for a moment makes the people
overlook their own troubles in the
r.ser excitement from without. 1t is
q dangerous policy. Il shows i0capacity
F.. home affairs. and rashuess in exter-
mol affairs. for in the latter we have
the most dangerous sort Of an un-
Known quantity before MS, terminating
I'm war. perhaps. If war, then victory
c disgrace. and at any rate, a vast
sn0uut Of slaughter.
Since the present administration finds
Itself Incapable of dealing successfully
with nome affairs. or in any manner
r...nug the pledges to the people, il
-rr-.s INTO hazardous and unique
foreign policy It has decided that
cr policy a- c-u-mterventiOn in for
O-r srsrs which comes with it the
Monroe doctrine. is wrong, and it de-
c5es that w5 are the Don Quixote Of
nations. thar is. " the Fighter Of wrongs
and ..e redresser Of grievances" for the
world I, also decides that the fixed
policy from Washington down, oppos-
ing unnatural extension Of territory,
that is. uans-oceauic and detached ter
r-o-y. is also wrong.
We are in tine same secure position
that q man occupies who is walking
around in a powder mill with a lighted
candle. We may presently expect
UlUb'e-ia the East on the Atlantic
with Spain-in the West. on the Pacific
v.h Japan McKinleys policy toward
Cuba and Hawaii viii produce strained
relations with Spain and with Japan.
Strained relations often result in war.
If Ne engag, in war with Spain it
viii be through sentimental regards
toward Cuba. She has in no manner
ilwel The United States. 1t may be
that The conduct of the war in general
Is not exactly pleasing to us. At any
rate. President Mckinley is premedi-
tatilg something vigorous. II this
vigorous action. no matter what it be,
results i'm war Spain viii have Flu
rorean sympathy, ard perhaps tangible
Mort back Of her. Opposing us,
Spain has an army whose peace
Strength is 146,2oO, and whose war
strength is 1,279500 The rifle used is
the Mauser. a fine cartridge magazine
-7. the same used by Turkey. Bel
slam ard Germany. She has a navy
rsis-iug Of 195 vessels. which in
c.ules eleven armored ships and 70
torpedo boats, mounting altogether $50
suns, with an active naval list of 25,-
500 mea.
Cur standing army consists Of about
5000 men. with on almost unlimited
war strength. But if we include the
State militia along with the regular
army. we have a peace strength of
over 10000 men.
We have a navy of more than 100
vessels, which includes SO armored
ships. and - torpedo boats. mounting
1850 guns with an active naval list of
1850 men.
The above list does not include train
ing. receiving and store ships. trans
ports Of tugs, of which Spain has 10
tae Uaited States So.
The idea is prevalent. that should we
engage in war with Spain. it will be
for he purpose of annexing Cuba. This
would seem desirable 70 some. as we
% IN export business with Cuba that
amounts to S75o0OOO yearly, and an
i"a5rt business that reaches $4,000
o. R0, :, must be understood that
Ue @u5aus DO noe desire annexation.
they merely Gas,se irt5cgevonce with