Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-04-20
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondents !

President Mckinley will give Spain
! twentyfOuT hours, possibly forty
/ eight, to decide Whet her it will haul
down its flag and retire from Cuba or
whether it will resist the demand OF
/ the congressional Joint resolution de-
! manding chat the government OF
Spain at once relinquish it's author
! ity and government in the island of
! Cuba and withdraw it's land and
| naval forces from Cuba and Cuban
waters, " before putting into effect the
| third clause Of the resolution, THAT
the president of the United States be,
| and he hereby IS, directed and EN-
| powered to use the entire land 9nd
naval forces of the United Stat es and
| to call into the actual service OF the
! United States, the militia of the
several states, TO such an extent as
! may be necessary to carry these
| resolutions INTO effect" Only one
answer IS expected from Spain-a
refusal to get out until forced out ,
hence war is regarded as no longer
merely a probability, but as a GER
talnty.
Those who have the idea that all
bankers lay awake nights studying
up schemes to edo" the government
or the people should carefully study
the following patriotic letter from
Edwin E. Poor, president of the
National Park bank. one OF New
York City's prominent financial insti-
buttons, to Secretary Gage: an tine
event of the government requiring
e., ,y Il
facilities and resources of this bank
are hereby offered for that purpose;
and should congress authorize ali
issue of bonds for popular invest
ment, we desire to offer the services
OF this bank, with its 5000 CORE
spOndents in all parts Of the country,
for the distribution Of the bonds to
the people, without commission or
charge Of any kind"
Those Democratic members of the
house who charged that Presid ant
Mckinley2s message was not sut1i-
GENTLY explicit as to an independent
government for Cuba, simply dis
played their ignorance Of what every
man who pretends to act the role Of
statesman should know. After Rep
reSeutatIVe Lentz, OF Ohio. and
several other Democrats, had made
themselves ridiculous by adopting as
their own the views of the yellow
journals on the meaning of the presl-
dents message, General GrOsvenOr
proceeded to show them just what
long ears they possessed, He began
by quoting from the presidents mes
sage that paragraph asking congress
to authorize him to bring about peace
land to secure In the island the es-
Establishment of q stable government,
capable of maintaining order and OBJ
serving It's international Obligations"
| and followed by saying: Nov, | ask
any gentleman on the other side to
tell me how q government on an ISL
and OF any country controlled by II
! foreign country, as Cuba is now, can
have a government capable OF dis
charging its internatiOnal obligations?
! What are international obligations?
! DO colonies have International obi
! cations? Did the president under
! stand that there can be colonial
condition in Cuba by which there
! would be international obligations
| lJOlil | ia | gov w ltb inter-
! national act does Canada do? What
! international act has any Of the
| West India islands ever done? What
preventative Of this government
goes to Jamaica, Porto Rico, or any
! island except those independent?
The very language Of the president,
as underst God by every intelligent
man ard men of thought, is that the
object and purpose OF using forceis to
establish a government with interna
tiOnal obligations and with the power
! to discharge those international OBJ
! legations"
Consul General Fitzhugh Lee has
done good service since his arrival in
Washington, by telling senators and
representa- ives that President Nc
Kinley took exactly the right stand
in his message when be expressed the
opinion that it would be injudiciOns
to recognize the independence of the
insurgents In advance Of the occupa
ton OF Cuba by United States troops
General Lee told the foreign commit
tees OF the house and senate that
while he had no absolute proof, hC
felt certain that Spanish officials
had guilty knowledge of the blowing
up of the Maine. He has made ap
pIication for command in the army
that Will be sent to OcCuDV Cuba