The herald., 1898-04-23

great majority Of the American people
has been antagonistic to the president.
Who so bold as to deny the facts?
From the first The Herald has been
with its party and the people and antago-
nistic to the presidents policy. 1t has
antagonized that policy at every step In
its development. And it stands upon the
record made. 1t asks for no stronger
Endorsement than has been given to it
by the people of California, by the atti-
tude of the great body Of Americans
everywhere, and at last by the attitude
of the administration itself, in its be-
lated yet now abundantly energetic de-
to vindicate the dignity and
honor of the nation and the humane i'm
pulses of its citizenship. The Herald is
indeed proud of the course it has stead
fastly pursued, and it recalls with satis-
faction every utterance it has made upon
the burning question since 1T was pre-
ciptated by the destruction of the Maine.
In general and in particular it reasserts
its declarations, nor is it disposed to re-
call or modify any one Of them.
And since it has everything to gain
and nothing to lose by the traversing OF
it's opinions, it cheerfully acknowledges
a debt of gratitude to an esteemed but
hopelessly involved, indecisive and wob-
bling contemporary for giving to some
of them the advantages of its large cir
culation-the advantage of having what
we have said placed before many intel
ligent people, to be reached through no
other medium at our command. The
Times thus does The Herald a great
service. 1t has, in an unsolicited way,
without money and without price-and
we trust without malice-given to twenty
thousand readers hint as to where they
will find, at all times and under all cir
cumstances, a truthful reflex of their
patriotic emotions, their loyal impulses
their genuine Americanism, their con-
victions of what is right and just and
humane and consistant.
And as a further evidence OF candor
and good faith, we beg to confirm the
text of the several excerpts which the
Times has been pleased to collate from
this page and give to its readers, thus:
Our criticism of the presidents full
some eulogy of Spanish honor in his
Our insistence that the Maine report
should not be smothered in the partisan
rnfnrrod
g partisan speaker.
Our characterization Of Reed and
Reeds rules.
Our declaration that the president
seemed to have less intelligent appre-
citation Of American public sentiment
than had Sagasta, as evidenced by the
conciliatory tone of the presidents mes
sage.
Our demand that congress should not
adjourn at critical time. to further the
purposes of the executive, but take re-
cess from day to day.
Our charge that in exploiting his policy
the president was defying public senti-
ment, obviously wishing to share re-
sponsibilty with congress for any wrong
steps, while reserving any prestige for
himself and his party.
Our regret that he should so lightly
esteem the Maine disaster as to dismiss
it in a paragraph limiting at money
and his apparent Willingness
that Cubans should buy the freedom
Lo5 Cd ~ their va 1Or
Our intimation that the president ap-
peared to be more afraid of the American
people than of the Spanards.
Our expression of wellgrounded fear
that the president would completely lose
the confidence of the people by his very
apparent subserviency to the money in
terest and the stock jobbers.
Our Characterization of the maneuver-
ing of Republican leaders for political
Our protest against the acceptance by
congress of the judgment of one man
against their own convictions of right
and duty.
Our demand that too much discretion
should not be given the president in the
prolongation of diplomatic intercourse,
that was giving the Spaniards an oppor
tunity to prepare for the inevitable, and
that was costing this government mill
lion dollars day.
Our insistence that in the carrying of
relief to the reconcentrados guns should
go with the grub.
Our declaration that the suspense was
becoming intolerable, and that the presi-
dent and his followers should subordi-
nate partisanship to patriotism, and
speedily decide upon a policy.
Our suggestion that white feathers
were altogether too much in evidence at
the White House.
Republican congressman have, per-
haps, been more severe and caustic in
their arraignment of the administration,
and to,the Congressional Record we must
refer all who think we have been too
mild and conservative. With our poor
ability we have done the best we could
to voice public sentiment.
Elsewhere, and strictly in accord with
the admirable plan adopted by our es-
teemed contemporary, we place in juxta-
position number of it's editorial utter
ances upon the Cuban question, illus
trating, as we might in no other way.
its versatility and its adaptability to get
on both sides of the proposition every
other day.