The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-04-20
How it Looks in Wash
lDgton.
The Situation Reviewed by
a Well Informed Resi-.
dent.
dent.

oSCu cC'ia~Ay WV Sco' C'Soo~S
ingtop during the week just passed.
1t may Dot be true that the administra-
ton is sohemiug foe farther delay. bus
it is quite certain tia; it did Dotblng to
try to p1eveot the waste os four pre-
cious days BY Senators 10 talking
~ishou. saying anything that had not
beeo said before by themselves or b7
others Il is equally certain that the
Senators wno we're most anxious for
delaying the final vote upoo the resou-
tion authorizing the use OF the army
and oavy and the militia of the several
states TO force the Spanish out of Cuba
were those who have stuck the closest
to Mr.. Mckinley since the Cuban busi-
oess began, aud the same crowd. now
that the Senate has adopted resolution
differiog from the House resolution
10 several particulars, rotably the rec
ogoi,iop of Cuban independence, are
trying to secure more delay BY bring
lug abous a deadlock between the
House and Senate What could have
been done 10 al hour has been dragged
aIoug an entire week. Il is enough to
make men suspect trickery some~hcre,
even if they cant exactly locats it.
Mr. Mckinley claims that be is
anx ious to 60 righ: ahead and drive the
Spaoierds ou: Of Cuba just as soon as
Coogress clothes him With the ueces-
sary authority. aDd i: may 10 that he
is, but the action OF Hanna and
bis peace -a.-spy.price associates 10 the
Senate in schemiug in every concelv-
able maoner to get delay will make the
claim doubted by eoDe uosi actual
proof is giveo by orders to the feet at
Key West aod the soldiers nov being
gathered at Southern ports Every way
one turns he's confronted by 40 ''if,''
Just Dow. If Mr. Mckinley acts upon
that resolution be will please tnc couo-
try; if he should exercise his coassisu-
tioual right to hold i, ten days before
siniug it. be would rouse the country to
stare of Indignation.
Nosbiug manlier nor truer has been
said during this session Of Congress
than the reply Of Representative Bar
ley, of Texss, to the tauas that ne bad
lost his bead, when be hotly replied to
whs: be characterized as uogentlemanly
interruptions on the part of Represen-
ta.ive DaIzell. of Philadelphia. THAT
man may lose his temper aoder very
great provocation." said Mr.. Bailey,
..Is very natural thing but men may
lose their ,empers aud still not lose their
heads. Bot it in order for man to
preserve his equaniuity and appear cool
be must allow insults to pass uoans~er-
ed, then l prefer TO be classed With
those who lose their beads. | would
Infinitely rather lose my head 10 resent
iUg an insult than to lose ny self re.
spect by submitting to one-"
Senator Money apologizsd to the
Senate for -havirg been parliamentary
10 calling Senator Wellington liar
when the latter charged that the former
had gone to Ccha as agent for news
paper. but he did not and has not
apologized to Wellington. On the con.
.rary, be took especial pains to empha-
size his personal responsibility outside
Of the Senate chamber for the Ian
guage. Thare is probably not man
10 the Senate who is so absolutely
friendless as Wellington, sod 1t is all
his own fault too. Ii seems impossible
for him to le. an opportunity go By to
make monkey OF himself. He alone
of all the Senator's said 10 bis speech
,ha. we have no reason or cause to fight
Spain.
Although there have been all sorts
of depials concerning an attempted
European Intervention by force at the
last minute to prevent the o. s. tax
ing Cuba away from Spain, it is q
fact that members of the administra-
tion have been sounded by European
diplomats for the purpose of ascer
taining how bluff at forcible inter-
vention on the part of the socalled
concerted powers Of Europe would
be received. 20 the credit of the
men who were approached it can De
stated that every one of them prompt.
ly replied that any bluff of that kind
would be ut once calIed-that it would
be an Infringement on tine Monroe
doctrine that would not, could not,
be tolerated by any American ad-
ministra,ion Archbishop Ireland
took that view from the first, and To-
formed the Pope that the u s. would
brook no European interference that
whatever could be accomplished by
European influence would be in Spain.
The Archbishop, who vas in Wash
ington for about ten days. has gone
away thoroughly convinced that
American occupation of Cuba ;s now
absolutely sure to come He has so
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