The herald., 1898-04-26

nation.
A great many people whose loyalty wa
never called into question, opposed Stan
toms conduct Of the war. His chief op
ponents were not Democrats, but Re
publicans, and influential members o.
his own party.
Neither John B. Foraker's Republican.
doubted. He is Republican senate.
from the presidents own state, and he
1t was who. from amongst all of the grea
chieftains of the party, was selected for
the honor of placing in nomination, for
the chief magistrate of the nation, Will
lam Mckinley. But Senator Foraker
without yielding to any one in fealty to
country, or party for that matter, has
steadfastly antagonized the policy of the
president he nominated and helped to
elect regarding the Cuban question, COM
batting it in and out of congress, and
voting against it upon every roll call.
Not less than sixty-five members of
the presidents own party in the national
house. no less loyal than Foraker, re-
fused to so into caucus and be bound
to support that policy.
Senator Chandler, a robust Republican
leader, early sounded a warning against
the fallacy Of further exploiting that
policy, and declared that its pursuit
would destroy the Republican organiza-
tion throughout the country, defeat the
party in the congressional elections of
this year, and result in the choice of
Democratic president in 1900-a frank ad-
mission that the popular sentiment of
the nation was opposed to the policy of
'procrastination and palaver"
Senator Davis, chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations, and Re-
publican of undoubted fealty. has all
along favored different and more vigor-
Gus policy, yielding at last-even as Dem
ocrats and Silver Republicans and Pop
ulists yielded-when longer opposition
was seen to be futile. So undoubted is the
loyalty of Senator Davis to country as
we'll as to party, that within the past
forty-eight hours the president has ten
dered to him the most important posi- |
tion in his cabinet, that of secretary of
state, having charge of our delicate for
eign relations at the most critical period
in the nations history-a tender that was
promptly declined. and for obvious
reasons.
No one will be disposed to call in ques-
tion the loyalty of the local divine who,
on Sunday last, in the course of a patri-
otic appeal to his flock to stand by the
declared that "this is not the
time for quibbing criticism, or for at
tempts to make the agonies of war con-
tribute to partisan success" But that
the presidents policy has justified the
which this and a thousand other
loyal journals have yet been constrained
to pass upon it, is abundantly shown by
the utterances of the same divine, in
the opening remarks of the sermon in
question, when he said:
The apathy of our government in
adequately protecting it's citizens has
been made the occasion of foreign in
science and imposition. 1t has we'll
nigh lost us the respect of other DOW
ers, and 1t is small wonder If our people
were beginning to lose their respect
for the government that was either
too weak or too Indifferent to protect
Its own. Politics have been exploited
at the expense of patriotism, until the
cohesion of this nation has been seri-
ously threatened. But al last the slum-
bering justice of the republic Is awake,
and nation of money changers is
giving place to nation Of men.
If unquestioning fealty to the presi-
lent, and blind obedience to every be- 6
lest that comes from the White House. s
s to be made the test of loyalty to flag |
lean newspapers of the country, who
'aise up this standard, going to explain l
he dissolution of the presidents cabi- i
let at this critical hour, without charg- /
ng Sherman and Gary and Long and t
Roosevelt and other dissentient factors, t
With disloyaty?
The opposition to the president and to g
he presidents policy, to a man, voted
or the placing in his hands of fifty
Millions of dollars for the national de- /
cHst, tilt HOSt extraordinary single :
'rant of authority ever conferred upon a =.
uler in modern times. This opposition ;
ook issue with the president upon the
'lan to be adopted and made a heroic
truggle in defense of what they honestly :
onceived to be a better plan, but poll
les and not patriotism prevailed, and :
he policy approved by the Republican /
majority, with such notifications as
we're grudgingly yielded, received their :.
upport.
This opposition, when the army reor- :
anization bill came, up for considera-
ion, antagonized a feature of the meas
re that had met with the approval of a
artisan committee, and which sought :.
take advantage of the infiamed and :.
xcited condition Of the public mind to !,
lddle upon the country a perpetual
tandinS army of one hundred thousand 4.
len. In this it was more successful. and :.
le bill as passed provides for the speedy >,
eduction of the army to a peace basis. :,
nee hostilities are ended The LOYALTY 4.
neither Republicans nor Democrats o
no voted for this wise provision may
18th justice be Questioned
A partisan Republican committee of a
le house has prepared and presented p
mea sure intended n proy;da n odoo,,+o N