The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-16

Foraker rider recognizing the present insur-
gent government. If this should be done,
and the House concur in the proposition,
the President will sign the resolutions as
they come to him and send a message to
Congress stating that in his judgment the
Constitution confers on the executive the
sole right of recognizing the legality and in
dependence of foreign governments, and
that he will hold any action of Congress in
contravention of this principle to be an in
vasion Of his constitutional prerogative,
and, therefore, null and void in this in
stance. He will simply ignore that part of
the resolutions which direct him to proclaim
the independence of the existing insurgent
government and will proceed TO carry out
gramme which has been practically decided
upon by the President is to notify Spain at
once of the action of Congress and to give
her twenty-four or forty-eight hours in
which to say whether she will evacuate the
island and lower her flag. At the expira-
ton of that time, in the event of Spanish
refusal, which is looked upon as certain. he
will put into action the machinery for armed
intervention. The war will then be on The
President is impatient to get the machinery
in motion. He said to-day that every hour
Of delay from this time on is a Spanish
hour. AS a matter of fact, this has been
the condition since the transmission of the
Intervention message to Congress. The
House was the first to recognize the cond-
ton OF affairs. The slow-moving Senate is
beginning dimly to realize the truth. Hence
the hurried movement to-day.
The President is understood to be par
ticularly anxious that there shall be no
further delay on account of the threatning
ers are assuming. He argues that if inter-
vention in Cuba is actually under way the
powers will refrain from further immediate
steps in the matter. This is the view which
is also held by the Presidents close ad-
viscrs, and is the view that has been COM
municated to Congress by the spokesmen
of the administration. The sudden and
startling orders issued by the War Depart
ment this afternoon for the mobilization of
the entire army at Chickamauga and on the
gulf coast was intended to hasten action
pubdcans against the Foraker rider as we'll
as TO have the troops within striking dis
tance Of the enemy when hostilities shall
begin. This is the climax Of the prepara-
tions for war, which have been going on
surely and steadily from the day Congress
voted an emergency fund for that purpose.
1t is notice to the world that America is
about to carry into effect the purpose it
has been nursing ever since the destruction
of the Maine. The expulsion of the Span
iards from Cuba and the creation on that
island of free and Independent govern
ment will be the inevitable consequence.
..Ats what expanse teAife and treasure this
end will be consummated the future only
can tell. The country does not go gayly
into the encounter, but with a full appre-
citation of the magnitude and gravity Of the
struggle which is before it.
The history-making record of the day was
not particularly sensational except that it
brought the country one day nearer to war.
There were a number of long speeches in
the Senate On the radical and conservative
sides of the Cuban question. During the
evening session proceedings were enlivened
by a personal alteration between Sena-
of Maryland. These eminent gentlemen
called each other liars, and the Mississippi
senator was with great difficulty restrained
from crossing the chamber and striking the
Marylander. Senator Money is a profess
sional bad man III Congress and his friends
are frequently hard pressed to keep him
from doing violence to somebody. They J.
ways manage to restrain him, however. The
House and Senate are now neck and neck
on disgraceful exhibitions, and will prob
ably indulge in more Of them during this
u6DdIe. Lie ledIuTG OIL LH6 UeDdl6 IN Luo
Senate to-day was the vicious attack made
by Democrats and Populists upon the Pres
ident and his administration. This made
many of the Republicans who had entered
into combination with the Democrats and
Populists to pass the Foraker rider very
| tired of the company they were in. They
were getting more than they had bargained
for, and found themselves in the attitude
of befouling their own nest. This caused
several of the Republican radicals to change
their minds and may result in the defeat of
the extreme measure fathered by Foraker
and Chandler.
The Posts Summary.
WASHINGTON. April 15.-The Washing
ton Post summary of the situation to be
published in to-morrow's issue, includes the
following statement: Immediately the
President is empowered to use the army and