The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-30

enins from the bombastic prediction
position originally assumed.
Sfandeing the President.
While It's news columns yesterday
tccmed with official .nformaoltn on the
Cuban question and the finding OF the
naval court OF inquiry, sent TO Congress
at the earliest possible moment after It's
reception and consideration by the Pres
fdent, the Register was edltoriaily and
a%pprovtnsly quoting a lengthy article
from the Chicago Chronicle. an enemy
OF the administration. in which the fol-
lowing, expressions are used:
While the President OF the United States
has been cn~deavorlng to conceal from
Congress and from the country the hideous
facts relative to tho situation In Cuba the
American people. nevertheless: have been
kept Informed OF the truth. The newspa-
per press has performed Its duty. It has
stated the. facts from first to last
Therefore, whether President Mckinley
persists In his secretive and s unworthy
policy or not, the people of the United
The Administration may withhold tho Gu
ban reports. IL may muZZlo the consuls,
silence tho navy department and gag the
mon OF the Maine, but 1t cannot suppress
tho newspaper press OF tho country and
the newspapers will tell the truth.
It will strike a great many people as
peculiar that anyone should have cx-
pectcd the President to give the public
information in advance Of Its coming 10
him In an official character. The news
papers are not clothed with the official
responsibility that Is demanded OF him.
There has been no s~ilencing Of the men
OF the Maine on the part OF the Execu-
tive, nor delaying of the report OF the
board OF inquiry, which was sent to Con-
Gress as promptly as was possible.
There has been no effort on the part OF
the administration to suppress the stu
alton in Cuba The consular reports
have been published from time to time.
There was no reason for such a suppress
sion OF truth concerning the "hldeous
facts OF the suffering due to the Span
ish policy. They were known to all the
world. and President Mckinley made
the matter the subject of a portion OF his
last annual message. 50 far as official
information was at hand, not one i'm
portant feature has been withheld from
the people. The President, with the ap-
proval Of the country. gave Spain an OPP
p~ortunity to apply its policy Of autono-
my. which that government believed
would restore peace, and in doing so ne
gave warning to Spain that II within
a reasonable time peace was not re-
stored intervention would come. With
the expiration Of that reasonable time he
is carrying out his promise. and II left
alone will bring about peace and practi-
cal Independence to Cuba without dis
honor to this country.
Never was there a more viclously un-
just charge brought against any Prcsi-
dent than that made in the above quota
tion. It Is remarkable that our nelghbor
should have a%pprovlnsly published It
simultaneously with a mass Of news
that gave the direct lie to its assertions.
There is not one element In the situation,
either in Cuba, or IN regard to the Maine
affair. that the public is not thoroughly
familiar with, and that, too, through
official information, as we'll as through
newspaper publications. Alleged states
men and yellow newspapers Of the Chi
cago Chronicle stripe that are now, at a
time when a conscientious and courage
GUS President is charged with a tremen-
dous responsibility which they have not,
and is trying to avert a bloody war with
out sacrificing the honor Of the country,
attempting to embarrass HIM and to de-
feat his patriotic and humane purpose,
through such vicious utterances Us the
above. merely for a partisan purpose. or
through downright malice. are not the
best friends OF the country.
The wisdom. the flrmness and the con-
sistent course Of President Mckinley
will triumph. and the accomplishment OF
all that Americans desire In humanity's
name will be realized, II the confidence
reposed in him all along is maintained.
Filllfiers who bring uujustifable charges
against the Executive at this time may
not shake that confidence. Indlscreet
and unwisc u%tterances OF jingo orators
In Congress may, however, do much to
handicap the administrations efforts to
accomplish what every American citi-
zen, with a. true appreciation Of the re-
Tp~onslbillty. desires to see accomplished.
'Shc person who attempts to prejudice
the public mind against the President at
such n time, when even Spain Is making
overturcs for q. peaceful settlement,
which. Of course. can only be done by
granting the Just demands made by the
President. are lacking in the quality OF
A~mericanism which believes in peace
with honor as well as In war in defense
OF the national honor.
Senator Faulknet's Strange Remark.
Senator Faulkner Is quoted in a WASH
inston special to the Register as saying:
THE Republicans are responsible for the