The times., 1898-10-12
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 70. 1898.
Providing for November,s Storm.

Providing for November's Storm.
It cannot be said that the lot of the
Administration just now is altogether a
happy one. 1t has only now walked up
TO realization of the fact that, while
none Of its sins in the past has SEEM
ed singly pregnant of swift punishment,
their cumulative effect at last has
resulted in greatr danger to the life
OF the Republican party than the or
ganization has ever before been called
upon to encounter, even in 1896, when
ii required the expenditure of nearly
sixteen million dollars. as well as re-
sort TO the intimidation and coercion Of
labor generally, TO avert disaster.
Since the fourth of March, 1897 Han
ma and his methods, a nefarious party
alliance with Spain against the help
less people Of Cuba; a tyrannical and
corrupt tariff law. enacted for the sole
benefit and under the dictation of trusts
and monopolies; the Kansas Pacific
deal; the effort to maintain peace at
the cost of honor: Alger and AIgerism;
and. finally. the attempt to surrender
the richest prize of the war, in the in
terests of a syndicate, and the assumed
interest Of a voting element erroneous
ly claimed TO be deliverable by a clerico-
political dignitary-all these things
have progressively rolled up mass of
national apprehension, discredit, and
disgust. that threatens to fall upon and
bury Republicanism at the polls in No
vember.
Leaders, manipulators, hackers, brib-
ers, and bulldozers alike see the storm
approaching All of them are buying
umbrellas. and the wise among them
are digging cyclone cellars. The Alger
Relief Commission, it was hoped, would
amount To a big, comfortable family
Camp" and parachute combined. 1t
has been found, on the contrary, to be
an attraction for the lightning of ma
tional ridicule and contempt. So, ii is
to be shipped away in a private car,
and subjected to insulation as well as
isolation by the application of plenty of
timed terrapin and Clos de Vougeot.
The Alger Relief Commission. with
its Credit Mobilier attachment, being
Eone-but we fear not forgotten-it
then remains to square the Philippine
and Spanish bond matters. and 10 do
il in accordance with the chronological
formula, p. d. c." It does not mat
ter that the Peace Commission has
gone far in pursuance to its orders to
surrender to Spain everything in the
Orient but one island each out of the
many hundreds comprising the Philip
pine and Ladrone groups. A settle
be put off until after the elections, and
a pretense made of insisting upon the
retention of everything IN sight. That,
ii is assumed, will restore confidence
among the American people and pos
sibIy save the next Congress.
Nothing in this movement, however,
need depress the hopes or the interests
of EdmunGs, Ireland, McCook, Atkins,
or any Of the American members of the
Bonded Peace Syndicate. The clouds
may look black to their unaided eyes:
but they nave only to use Hanna's
sleeve as a telescope, in order to see
the royal flush of a future expressed
in millions. through the veil of a dark
diplomacy. They may prepare them
selves for the spectacle Of moot quar-
rel between the American and Spanish
Commissioners. The epidermal game
may be played TO the extent of an ap-
parent open rupture. and, if q resump-
ton of hostilities seems necessary to
affect the November vote that. too, will
be arranged.
But. in case of Republican success.
the bond and surrender people will
come up smiling again. To avert dan
ger from the Senate. by that time per-
haps a friendly deal can be made with
some European powers, to step in and
exert pressure upon US. In one way or
another the conspirators who were able
90 buy the Presidency in 1886. to buy