The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-04
CALIFORNIA IMMEDIATE INTER
EST.

CALIFORNIA; IMMEDIATE INTER-
EST.
Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Schurz are bur-
dening newspaper and review literature
with demands that the United States
shall strictly observe the pledges given
regarding Cuba, which were promul-
gated in the declaration of the war.
But why are these nervous gentlemen
disturbed? Wherein has the Admins
tration indicated by act or expression,
that so far as 1t is concerned, a single
letter or line Of the declaration is to be
violated or trifed with?
To this hour the spirit and the letter
of the declaration have been adhered
to; not even the Spanish statesmen
have been able to point to an act or ex-
preston indicative Of a disposition to
deal otherwise than honestly in the
matter tft
The first thing to which we pledged
ourselves as a nation was the break
ing down of Spanish domination in
Cuba That has been accomplished,
and Spain has soIemnly pledged her
self to withdraw and surrender all
claim of right to rule in the island. The
second obligation We voluntarily as
sumed was to secure the pacif1cation
of Cuba That We have already en-
tered upon and will complete as soon
as it is possible to be done. The third
x0lN1i on "a icI "a q
stable and independent form of govern
ment, republican or free in character,
and of, from and for the people if they
are competent and willing to undertake
it.
That we will do when we are in such
possession that it may be done. Gu
bans, all the people having citizenship
in Cuba. will be given full opportunity
TO set up and maintain free and repre-
sentative government. To secure con-
ditions under which this may be done
is now the immediate task before the
United States, and this is the great
and weighty burden of work imposed
upon the present Administration, and
which 1t will accomplish if the Schurzes
and Carlisles and Maguires do not sue
coed in obstructing and delaying, by
opposing the Administration in its hon
est endeavors.
The opposition Of Mr. Mcguire is local
in form but national in effect It's sue
cess would be construed as, it would
be in fact, distinct rebuke and hand
leap upon the President 1t wouro
give encouragement to Spain, to the
maIcontents in Cuba, and to the
sneerers, doubters and enemies Of the
Government at home and abroad.
The question OF the control and man
agement of the Philippines is also in
volved. California has larger interest
than any other State in the retention
OF these islands, or large part of
them, but we find a California party
boosting a candidate along the politi-
cal way, who obstructs California in
terests in the Philippines, by fighting
an administration that is disposed to
give US the largest possible measure
of advantage in the Orient. The Ad-
ministration policy is directly in Cali
fornia and Pacific Coast interest; yet
California is asked to oppose and re-
buke that Administration by downing
the political organization which repre-
sents it and its policy.
This, We insist, is an urgent and
practical and not a political question
for TSaIiforria The vast opDortuni-
ties for material and moral develop
ment of the Pacific Coast by wise
policy in the Philippines are antago-
nized by factous opposition that asks
the people to return to Congress repre-
sentatives opposed to the President,
and to elect State officers who are
bound by their party pledges in oppo-
sition to the Federal Administration.
Those who have clear perception of
the periIs of such a situation viii not
fail to give support to the party that
is standing by and upholding the Pres
ident We are now to deal with the
future. The book of the past is closed.
The question of unreadiness, Of possible
mistakes by subordinates, of possible
mismanagement by underlings are not
questions Of issue. What we have to
deal with is the present and the
future With these lie our highest
commercial interests, upon which the
immediate high development and great
advancement of California and the
coast so much depend.