The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15
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gun butldine,
Washington, Fcbruarv
cial.) Tho De LONE ina
up Washington as r,o,htus'
this winter. 1t has been
topic of conversation since 4,
the expressions concerning
men would make very iptss'
II they could be compiled
can not conceal their sa,Iaf.
incident. and the uniyersa,
them is that 1t served MAJ. B.
right for his double dea,in.
in matters pertaining 70 Gun
ocrats say Dc LONE shoulA q n
for telling the truth on McKI,I'. !
is no question that he can D
on him to the fraction d, NJ.
Other men assert that II IS f.
slapped McKinley's face be ~:
resented u except to cable O.
ford to demand another COM,
commercial treaty now beius W
The feature in the inctds.s
mented on is the shrewd maus
De Lone put the administr,ts
AS soon as he saw the le.ts, Y.
light he at once cabled his s;.s
Madrid and 1t was prurnntls .l
his government. This made NJ
citizen and the United State =
could not then give him III 49,
dismiss him IL it wanted IA IA 4
longer herein an official csSs.'. |
has not only added to De Los.s
accepting his resignation. hm u
to disavow the insult of be- ~.
not rendered any apologies ~.
right in the face of the reo,,sst n.
government that De LONE stssaI
called in disgrace. -
If this government should ~,
'ne request OF demand that III
minister must bear the odium y
missal and Spain refuses II m,
grace on De Lone, then there !,
be immediate severance Of dinl,,.
lations between the two comm
perhaps serious trouble. /
trouble part of it, however. d,
ministration will do almost sn,il
suffer almost any insult befsr
fight. Some of the democrats 1
that If the Administrative sboul5 \
courage to fight, it would destrm
yer issue and make the admiuItt
strong it would be impossible ID
1900. That, however, is mjst,jl
now have the president and hi
the hip. They have waited too n
would not fight to avenge the ii
agony of tortured and butchersd i
citizens. They would not flfk.
vent the hideous atrocities Of III
soldiery against prisoners, h0gs
mates, non combatants, women ii
dren who appealed to ln 10 d
bloodthirsty, cowardly, currish ns1
almost depopulating Cuba. But i'll
now because the head Of the part
suited. That would not appeal
country as a very good reason ID 4
after all the administrator has ID
fore and would not be yery noDTrN
1t will be remembered that tk l
war was fought out during Polki
istration, that it was a most u
war and therefore popular, but U
Gratis dared not renominate Pol
was defeated in 1913. But there
no war. The administration VII
the insult to this Nation becaust
Morgan & Co., Belmont, Hisch. RI
cts, tell it that 1t must do %.
would destroy their little game
Cuba, and as they own the admin
they can do with 1t rs they rleaie
The verdict is that 1t serves
exactly right. While the people
country resent the insult Of %
guishod gossiper to the head q o.
and want to see him disgfacM y
made, they will not b q
the pusillanimity of the adns1
will not demand them. and son
to have its head made !
for the unpleasant truths Of q az
snob from a fourthrate countrs'
The talk at the capitol today "
directed at the unlooked-fo for Iapi
De Lone in connection with %
work he has been, able 70 y
since the outbreak of hoslllltls
He has been unceasing In hS "
has accomplished wonders. Jpn
direct efforts the whole reyenucts
vice and half the Atlantic sQu1
been turned into patrol poah
The coast for Cuban expedlliols
required only n hint from him
whole machinery OF the customs 1
work looking after alleged vlos's
laws. Nine times Y y
have been groundless' ~
.ases foolishly misleading. pul "
nent has run them all down IVY.
sums of money nav
,ended and the slightest WIZ
lie LONE has been cominana " ".
Try officials. In the face O.
ions on the part OF the cover
lcspito the most courteous IT,
~ officials and the pubic ss'sr
nan insulted his frieDu.
md then sneaks out Of the pun
nap judgment on our state o'r
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