Hutchinson gazette., 1898-04-21
only made good beginning and the peo-
pie will do we'll to see that it does not
get farther than a beginning.
JERRY AND WAR.

JERRY AND WAR.
The latter part Of the week Jerry
Simpson received considerable criticism
among republicans and FROM a few
others as we'll for voting against the
House resolutions for intervention and
declaring Cuba 70 be free and inde-
pendent without recognizing the pres
ent republic. The other pOpulists and
most Of the democrats voted for the
resolution on this occasion and this
was made the basis Of charges against
Jerry. However Jerry was right. A
vote came first on an amendment to
recognize the present republic as the
lawful government Of the Island, and
for this Jerry voted heartily. When
the resolution was emasculated by re-
fusing to permit this amendment TO
become part of it he voted against it
and properly. After going to the Sem
ate the recognition amendment was
added and carried overwhelmingly. 1t
then came back to the House, the rec
OgnitiOn clause was cut out and it was
then sent back to the Senate. Two
conference committees were appointed
and the Senate stubbornly refused to
submit. Finally the republican sena-
tors were whipped into line with the
peace at any price" clique, composed
of the illustriOus Hanna, Elkins and
others and conference committee re-
port in which the Senate receded from
It's recognition clause, was passed by a
vote of AZ to 80. The ten or fifteen re
publicans believed in recognition, but
they didn't believe in it hard enough
to stand the pressure of the administra'
tion and the bond lobby.
To some the point at issue between
the House and Senate may appear to
be distinction without difference"
The difference is simply this, that if
the present government of Cuba is rec
ognized, the patriots are free without
any debt to speak of hanging over
them. But few hundred thousand
dollars worth of bonds have been sold.
Six hundred millions of Spanish bonds
secured by revenues from Cuba are
held by European and American in
vestors. The intervention resolution
still leaves it for diplomacy 20 estab-
lish 'stable government" The
Spaniard and his partners in the bust
ness, the holders of his bonds will come
in and claim that when intervention
was declared the island was still under
his dominion and that he was still un-
whipped. The responsibility for the
loss of the value in those Spanish bonds
will by international law, be shifted to
the United States for intervening.
Eminent lawyers have rendered this
opinion.
The United States will then probably
come forth to the new government and
say that in establishing Independent
rule in the island, we have benefited |
them to the extent of the amount of |
the bonds and they being young, ex-
hausted, weak and in the power of the
United States cannot resist if they
would.
Had the Senate resolution passed,
the ones for which Jerry Simpson in
sisted, everybody could see what the end |
would be as soon as the fighting is
over.
With these resolutions, there will be
endless intriguing and lobbying over
odds nd ends to settle up, and every
Dody's special rights in establishing the |
new government out Of which sort of |
confusion the bond holders always |
emerge victorious.
We are glad to notice that nearly all |
.he democratic, pOpulist and free silver
republican Senators looked at the mat
Ter as Jerry Simpson did and voted
against concurring in the resolution
after being shorn of the recognition
clause, even, when the con ference com
mittpes recommended it.