The Red Cloud chief., 1898-04-22
WASHINGTON NOTES
WAsHINGToN, April Is, Is

II would seem To a man up a tree
that the complaints of Congress recent.
ly made of the sIuwness of the Presi.
dent was an instance of " the pot call.
ing the kettle black From the talk
in Congress before the Presidents mes
sage went in 1t was supposed that the
message would be acted upon within
"A day after it vas received, but it has
been before Congress a week to-day,
and that resolution authorizing forci.
BILE intervention is not yet in the Pres
ident's hands, although it is hoped that
it will be by tomorrow. The House
adopted a resolution promptly, but the
Senate, after wasting four days in talk
without bringing forth a single new
idea, unless the assertion of Senator
Wellington that there was no reason
for our going to war with Spain n be
considered one, adopted an entirely
different resolution, Including a provis
ion for the recognition of Cuba, which
makes more delay. Thesedelays would
be more a~ggravating were it not for the
certainty that they cannot last much
longer delay the ultimate result - the
driving OF Spain out of Cuba. While it
probably is not true that these delays
are the result of plotting, it is not sur.
prising that suspicion should he ex.
expressed by the impatient.
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According 10 statemen. IS made by
members of the administration, the
president will lose no time in putting
armed Intervention INTO effect after the
joint resolution authorizing 4, is in his
hand, and the rushing of all available
troops in the regular army tn southern
ports looks like immediate business;
but he will probably first demand the
peacable evacuation Of Cuba by Spain,
granting "A day or two for Spain 10 an.
swer. That will mean more time. 1t
should also be remembered that if the
president is So disposed he can with
hold his signature from the iutcrvcu
ton resolution for ten days. The res.
olution vii not be binding until he
signs it. So many predictions have
been upset by unexpected delays that
few are being made in Washington
just now. We are going to war. OF
that everybody is certain, but nobody
is certain whether the shooting will
siut,f thil xvn.t .r ,nx %, Al ,..l
sfter.
Although no prominent man in eth.
er party would acknowledge them To
have been necessary, men who wear
their party collars loosely consi len
that Senator Gary's words, There i.
one truce-one armistice-that | want,
and that is a truce betwte en- the politi
cal parties Of this country until we can
settle our account with Spain" were
not only necessary but that they have
had II good effect on those who have
been trying to play party politics il
congress during the last few days by
causing them to realize that they wer,
getting on thin ice, and letting then
know that, whatever their intentions
they were not foolinR everybody
Pain Americanism is good enough fol
every true patriot until we have giver
Spain that long invited thrashiDg, anC
the politician, Zig or little, who fails /,
recognize that fact will be made Il
pay dearly tor his error by the people
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Among the many offers made to the
wal department Of men and things t,
use against the Spaniards vas one
from II circus proprietor for twenty.tivt
elephants, which he said would bt
just what would be needed by Our army
in Cuba. lie didn't like it at all when