The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-19
INTERVENTION WILL
Be POSTPONED
President Mckinley Lays Aside His
Contemplated Message for
HIS REASONS FOR DOING SO
Expects ,hs Report or the Nnva,
Board tofhCanse Trouble Enough
spain---His Plan For
Purchase.

Washington, March 15.-It is given
out that the president has lnid aside
his intervention message. There are
two reasons for this. One is that the
Importance OF the finding of the in.
quiry board will cause plenty OF
trouble. The second is that the orig
inal ftlnaft Of the message contemplated
the underwriting by the American
government of $20,00O,0O0 of Cuban
purchase bands. Congress will not
stand for this. A sufficient number OF
congressman have been interviewed
to reveal this beyond reasonable
doubt. Such a proposition would be
especially badly received if it proved
that the Spanish officials blew up the
Maine. The Cuban consular reports
have also been laid aside for a few
lays and doubtless will not be sent TIC
congress until after the report of the
naval board is transmitted.
A cabinet official told a visiting west
srn editor that it was the presidents
intention to take congress wholly into
his confidence before making any i'm.
p~ortant nov and that he would send
the naval verdict to congress MS soou
as he got it. The president has admit,
ted having received from the board Of
lllluil y llllol luttlOliH iii JIG 4NAtiliiO
was blown up from exterior causes
but the advice is termed 'sunoficial.'
He admitted to Il friend that this adj.
vice was received as early as last Sun
day and formed the basis for the stir.
ring scenes in congress and warlike
preparations. Other information, it is
admitted, was received of an impor-
tant character in a cipher dispatch
from Captain Sampson, thus proving
the president has been in communica-
ton with the board and playing havoc
with the explanations made in official
circles and by several correspondents,
who declared that the rules and regu-
~iations of the navy precluded the presi-
dent from asking information from
the board.
The president told a friend yester.
day that the chance OF averting war
was remote. The official admission
that a plan of Intervention is being in,
cubated by the president has beer
made in the last twelve hours, so there
remains practically nothing to admit
Several correspondents who have ac.
ceptcd these official denials on the
theory that the cabinet officers could
not afford 10 mislead them are feeling
somewhat cast down by the kaleido-
scopic revelations OF the last two days.
For obvious reasons the president and
his official advisers could not advertise
their plans to the world. and the gray.
ity of the situation relieves then, of
the charge of willfnl deception.
From a military standpoint the
shifting of the geographical divisions
of the army establishment is lust as
sensational as ii would be for the con-
gress to make two states of the state
Of New York. The new department Of
the south was necessary not because
General Merritt had too much to do.
but because it was necessary for him
to remain at Governors Island and de-.
fcnd the northern coast cities and at
the same time it was necessary to have
a great military depot atFort McPher.
son, which should be under u general
officer.
Options have been secured on build
ines for s~torehouses. Shipping schcd-
u,es have been roa,ranged, making At
lanta a basing point Railroad men
from that section have been consulted
md everything possible is being doue
10 build up within n few days a great
military station. Ii fact. it is the first
great move toward Putting our army
on a fighting basis. Further orders in
the movement of troops are being pre-
nared,