The evening times., 1898-03-03
THURSDAY, MARCH 3. ISs&
National Honor-and stocks.

Ii is solemn duty on this last day of
the first year of Mckinley prosperity
TO admonish the American people to
keep cool heads. and TO use their con-
tents in thinking out a way to meet
the eXigencies of the immediate future.
The situation, as il concerns the citi-
zenship Of this country, has become not
alone acute but alarming. 1t develops
an imminent danger that the free inst-
tutions Of the nation are being sub
Nerted. and that. in future. they may
exist only in form. We have seen the
honor and fame Of America dragged
through the mire. We have seen. and
today see, our responsible authorities
bending the knee to the foreign syndi-
cate power which owns and controls
them, and We witness the miserable
spectacle Of a great public calamity in
use as q means To juEgle the stock mar
ket. for the personal benefit and profit
of some Of our highest officials.
Apathy. cowardice or stock spec
ulation seems to have paralyzed the
manhood Of most Of those who are in
Washington. ostensibly as representa-
tives Of the people and To maintain
their rights and dignity. The Hanna
blight appears to have fallen on many
who would not be supposed to join in
the Satanic policy Of that dark leader.
In some way that blight must be re-
moved. but the ways and means should
be the outcome of calm counsel and cool
and deliberate judgment ANY other
nation. placed in the position Of this
one, would experience a sansuinary
revolution in thirty days. But the
American people are SLOW TO anger; too
slow, perhaps.
We are confronted by a condition Of in
tense disgrace. our Government is ex-
erting every energy. for what? Not to
avenge the hellish massacre Of our sail
ors in Havana harbor; but TO commit
this nation TO such admissions in rs-
gard to the crime that the united pow
ers Of Europe will intervene TO prevent
hostilities against Spain. in case the
pressure of public opinion should be
come too strong for the Administration
TO resist. There is an unholy alliance
between certain persons who dictate
the policy of Mr.. Mckinley, and other
persons who can command the diplo-
matte and military action of England.
France and Germany The allies are
all in the Spanish Cuban bond deal
which lies at the bottom of our foreign
policy. 1t matters not to them that
our dead mutely look from their graves
in Havana, or from the filthy depths Of
it's harbOr, where sharks are holding
high carnival over their remains. What
are the lives of American officers and
sailors to the consummation of a bond
deal. with hundred. or two hundred.
million dollars Of plunder in it for the
other sharks on land? We are told that
nothing can be done until the Court of
Inquiry has reported, And We know that
il will not be allowed to report until
all arrangements have been perfected
to render its findings useless, as far as
American vengeance may be concerned. 4
There is new evidence that its con-
clusions are not to be made public un-
til the secretly-organized Spanish Board 1
OF Inquiry has made its report. As
likely as not, that may be sent to Con- /
gress as a substitute. 1t is certain to ,
represent the views of the Administra- /
ton, which the inquest of our own
brave and efficient officers is not. Sure 4
ly, it is hard to be an American in
these days OF disgrace and dishonor /
without a burning sense Of shame.
But, after all, God reigns. and the |
lightnings Of His wrath may yet de- |
scend to confound and destroy Tory 1
treason. His ways are past finding out. 1
but that there viii be day of retribu- ]
tion for those who sell their birthright /
for a mess of margins, no good man |
should doubt
The Spanish power in Cuba staggers |
to it's fall. Havana, as our morning 4
dispatches show, is on the verge of /
revolt. Only seTvile concession on (
the part of Blanco aveIted a
revolution yesterday, which. if it had |
once started, unquestionably would /
have resulted in the massacre of every /
American remaining i'm the city. The .
Spaniards there contemptuously aban-
don their hypocritical surprise at the |
Maine disaster, and boast of the victory
of their government over a shipload Of 4
peaceable visitors, asleep in their 1
hunks. So do their fellow-fiends in Ma
drid. The evidence is conclusive, be-
yond a scintilla of doubt, that the
Maine was destroyed by great mine,
planted by the Spanish engineer corps,