The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(rrom our Regular Correspondent

Vengeance is at hand. There is
10 be no more dilly-dallying with
Spanish diplomats. Uncle Sam il
going to take Spain across his knee
and give it thrashing it has so long
deserved at our hands, and the cow
ardly and dastardly massacre of our
sailors and the destruction OF our
battleship is to be avenged. Even
Mr.. Nc Kinley is now convinced
that Spain has been playing him
automatically for no other pur
pose than to gain time. Mr.. Mckin-
ley acknowledged his failure to Sc
cure the independence of Cuba by
diplomacy, and now it is the turn OF
Congress, which will either declare
war against Spain or adopt legisla-
ii IN that will be equivalent to dec
laration of war. A last frantic at
tempt is being made by the bond
holding element to muzzle Congress,
but there is no possibility OF it sue
ceeding. Congress knows that the
end Of the patience Of the people Of
the country who place national hon
or and patriotism above the stock
ticker of Wall street has been reach
ed and that the time of action is at
hand, and it will act; and it's ac-
ton will mean War, which the
country is now in position to fight
to victorious end in short order,
| if it only has Spain to contend
with, and is determined to win re-
gardless of what i, has to contend
with.
Every man who believes in hon
est and open and above board deal
ing between nations as well as be-
tween individuals, can appreciate
the feeling of the man who, after
listening to lot of round about rot
about how we could make the Span
iards open hostilities without our
declaring war against them, got ex-
cited and said: "They blew up
our battle ship; they murdered our
sailors. That is why we want 70
punish them" That is Just exact
ly the truth. incidentally we shall
be glad to free Cuba and to relieve
tire suffering on the unfortunate is
land, but the word that is mirrored
upon the average American heart is
neither sympathy nor Humanitarian
ism, but Revenge, for the treacher-
Gus assassination of our sailors and
the blowing up of our battleship.
There has been more or less spec
ulatioa concerning a resolution Of
fered in the House by Representa-
tative Flemmer, of Georgia, direct
ing the Secretary of the Navy to in
form the House if the document
printed by the Senate as the Presl
dents message and evidence on the
Maine incident, contained all the ev-
idence embraced in the report of the
naval court of inquiry now on file
in the Navy Department, and if net {,
to transmit to the House copy of
the omitted evidence.
The French Ambassador to tie u.
S. has asked the State Department
officially whether there was any OBJ
lection to his looking after the iE-
terests of Spanish subjects in the
United States after the departure
of the Spanish minister, al d has
been informed that there would be
none. This action is regarded as
being significant of the intention of
France to remain neutral in the
war, Notwithstanding many asser-
tons to the contrary. 1t was adj
ded to / y a cablegram from Madrid,
saying that both the French and
British ambassadors had rendered
Gen. Woodford, U. s. Minister to
Spain, offers to care for American
interests after his departure from
Madrid.
Few men possess the all around
common sense equipment and tenn
permanent needed to prevent the mar
who fills the position of Secretary
to the President-the man who
stands between the president and
his callers, and either makes him
lots of enemies Or additional friends
making himself double barreled
ass. Dan Lamont was one CT the
few. Mr.. j. Addison Porter, the
gentleman who now fills the impor-
tant position, is not. He has made
himself the laughing stock of Wash
ington by his frantic appeal TO the
editor of the Hartford (Conn. }
Courant to arouse the conservative
people to the support Of The presi-
dent, in order to prevent a majority
of the Senators and representatives
carrying out their intention to force
war upon the country. Inasmuch
as the constitution confers the sole
authority to make war upon a ma
Ijority of Senators and Representa-
tives, it would be interesting to
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