The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-04-22

clean cut victory for either body. though
the advantage remains with the popular
branch of the national legislature,
which has in this instance, as in others
of recent years, been the conservative
body of the two, fact which must very
much surprise the trainers of the Con-
stitution if they continue to take an in
terest in the workings of the great in
strument they bequeathed to posterity.
The only real difference between the two
houses was as to the recognition of the
existing insurgent government in Cuba,
government of which no one in this
country really knows anything. There
was strong disposition on the part of
the radical faction of the Republican
party in the House to concur in the
Senate resolutions. This was prevented
in part by personal appeals TO the mem
bers and in part by the parliamentary
turn given to the question by Speaker
Reed. The parliamentary device of
linking the motion to concur with the
motion to amend by striking out the
recognition clause and determining the
matter by single vote was strategem
of the highest skill. 1t was carried and
| the amended resolution sent back to the
Senate. at first that body stood sulkily
upon its dignity and refused not only its
/ consent but even to order conference on
the differences between the houses. It
was soon realized that this put the Senate
in the unpatriotic attitude of obstruction,
and that body gave way. Tue Senate
Republicans recognized that the question
of the recognition of the insurgent Cuban
government was rapidly becoming party
question and that if it once assumed
that shape definitely they would loose
all control of it and it might be the rock
upon which their party would split in
twain. Enough Of them who had voted
for the recognition rider changed about
to accept the House amendments and send
the amended resolutions to the President.
Senator Foraker does not come out of
the struggle with much glory 1t is
generally believed that he went into it
for the purpose of humiliating President
Mckinley. Instead, he has humiliated
himself. He wanted TO convince the
Republicans of Ohio that he was big
ger man than Mckinley. His failure
will be gratifying to every one who has
the welfare of the Republican party at
heart, the party in which now is centered
all hopes of maintaining the existing
gold standard and of securing reform
| in our currency system. Senator For
aker placed himself in the seeming atti-
tude of being willing to wreck the Re-
publican party, plunge the country upon
a silver basis, and destroy all hope of
currency reform, in order to gain petty
advantage in the personal politics that
disgrace the Republican party in Ohio.
There is some dissatisfaction with the
semi-officially announced statement that
the President in the now possible event
of war will limit his call for volunteers
to $4,000 or 100000 men. While that
number will no doubt prove sufficient to
accomplish the downfall of Spain's sover-
eighty in Cuba and secure to the
Cubans freedom and independence, yet
| it is believed that the moral effect upon
Spain, and the rest of Europe for that
matter, would be vastly greater and of
tremendous value to this country if the
number called for was more commen-
surate with the potential fighting
strength of the United States, which in
round numbers is about 10000, 600 men.
One suggestion is that the call should be
for 100000 men duly apportioned among
The States and Territories and that at the
same time the call should advise the
Governors of the States and Territories
and the people to hold themselves ready
to respond to call for another 500, 900
should it be necessary to make it. To
call for $4,000 men only would be very
likely to impress European nations and
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