Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-20
A SPANISH STATESMAN.

tHiNmnnts ana unuuNEiufift annuity ltN
frequently caused the Americans to
pause sund 10 TO thinking. and
throughout he showed himself 90 be 80
mns,crfulle taciiclan and ilosEcsscd of
such commcndablc personal puaNnca-
lions as 10 win the rcspoctnf his adver-
garlcs. Any nation would be likely 30
advance such man TO high positions.
and set he IL far from being n phlloHa-
phcr or sound purlst. He nadc a
Fuod record ar O commissioner only 90
injurc n not utterly destroy Il NJ n re-
viewer Of the wori, ~ the commits
sion.
Some n Ross sentences reed like
the u.icrancts oi man p~ldllng
grievances and seeking by cNirnhe-
Gus means 20 create spurious Fym-
patty. Instead " being whn. one to
contemplate his commission work
would lool. for from him. II Is. indeed
highly Questionable II he himself be-
lievcd IN all that he put forth. because
| n he did he would show that he was ~
n very peculiar composition. not at all
the man We have estimated him AZ be-
Ing. His uttrrnnccs over the loss OF the
| Philippines are short-slHhted. and his
grief regarding the imputation placed
upon his country through the Maine af-
fair IL not that OF che real patriot but
rather like the wall 81 the professional
trader who discovers that he has been
worHted In a bargain. lie refers TO his
offcr o. determine the question NJ 10
Srain's responsibility Tor that dnHtard-
~ tragedy, and seeks % Impress q
sense Of fairness Of his proposition upon
the world. well knowing ~ hc must
that the chances under his arrange
ment would be- about three 20 one In
his favor. on the surface Il had a
very equitable appearance, but anal
yzcd d was fraudful from beginning to
end. II provided FOR jury consisting
Of two Engllshmcn and two Frenchmen.
one ~ each 90 be- selected by each par
~ one American and one Spanlarj.
these xix 10 select seventh In the per-
am " Gcrfnanl spain would thus
have had three sympathlsers sure with
che probabilities strongly favorlng n
fourth. ANA another who under the most
favorable circumstances FOR us would
have had the casting vote ana he COM
ing from nation whose Sympathicr
were not with Us and whose ruler had
expressed the belief thai the Maine was
destroyed by an Internal Instead ~ an
external explosion. with such a combl-
nation Il might have happened that n
verdict adverse TO Spain would have
been rendered. but VIM can believe
lEG
sonor Rios perhaps relied upon the
adl.u cal lBrcntiyc 70 suoh pan
glnt ghs stakes were rot heavy om our
side. that II spain had won We had
only go relieve her forever from she
gross injustice ~ the burden placed
upon her; while " W. won. IN. would
ctnse wurshlp a. Visit cur IN res.
fllp,c she American mas ara would
nay al she c,Hr;s. 1ais aif1 has
look OF inaenulousnoss tina; needs con-
.lleraeiap beyond thr momoa.. !,
locke ike az easy r. ait for us either
way, whcrcas the cadiiAHv olulA MT
wtl lfiyQ been more soVce. ~ spain
hid i'lf-if the Jury by sone uuyN-
peried mcars had declared tlsit y was
Ha, American mo1paoliy bp, Splnc.h
fraa. hry unt clusod the loss q The
MalfH IS y, ola have harn like 0p~I-
INK am old wngl, ANA fhc spectacle ~
our former npslgfulst further huml-
Eing hcrtFlf 10 thc uglnEer Fugg sod
would 49, have been pleasing o. her
or Go W.. on Ghe othcr hand, hll the
expected happen 4 ar1 she Urltrd
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