The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-25
HANNA BLAMES PROCTOR.
He Says the Vermont senator should
Not Have Spoken.

MOI HaNe spoken
New York March 25.-The World
prints the following from its Washington
correspondent, William Shaw Bowen:
Washington, March PA senator who
has talked with the President this week
said tonight that unless the President
acted Congress will. He does not wish
Congress to take the entire responsible
ty. If it does, the credit would follow.
In the course of the conversation with
senators and representatives during the
present week. all have received what vir-
tually was an appeal for delay. The gen
eral disposition on their part was TO ac-
cede to the Presidents wishes. And yet
the delay proposed is generally criticised
by senators and Representatives tonight.
Dspite the personal wish of the Presi-
dent for brief period of non-action by
Congress. war preparations are increas-
ing.
The plan of sending relief to Cuba on
a grand scale continues to be considered
in every detail. l cannot ascertain that
, any communication has been addressed
to Spain on the subject yet. There is OPP
position to the measure on the part of
many senators and congressman. The
President cannot satisfy either body by
= philanthropic distribution of rations
alone. II Spain consents to such pro-
miscuous charity where would the
United States be? 1t would have UNI
dertaken to feed 100000 people at her
own expense. This would be the great
est act of charity on record-the largest
undertaking of outdoor relief in the
world.
1t would be magnificent. but ii would
not be war. 1t would not even satisfy
Congress. Intervention of a nature 10
end the war alone will suffice. Senators
today assert that they will antagonize
, the relief plan if il stands alone, unsup-
ported by acts that will restore peace
/ in Cuba.
! Senator Chandler stated tonight that he
does not now think the relief plan is as
strong as it was. Senator Chandler is to
be included among those who demand ad-
ditional action.
Senator Hanna is as averse to what he
terms lingo demonstration" as ever In
the corridor of the Arlington Hotel Sen
ator Hanna expressed regret over Senator
Proctor's speech. He exclaimed:
Il would. / think. have gone on my
knees before him and asked him not to
speak. 1t was SO many firebra ndS
thrown broadcast over the country
Senator Hanna denounced what he
termed the sensa tionalism of certain
newspapers that are. he said. striving TO
bring on war" He spoke Of the cost of
war, of the loss of blood and treasure
and the injury that would be done to
trade. He did not specify the particular
line Of business that would be disturbed.
Neither did he allude TO the Standard Oil
Company.
The irrepresSible Col. John McCook. of
New York, who missed entering the cab
met by a scratch. had a conference with
the President today. Subsequently he
said:
Il believe il IS the Presidents intention
to send supplies 10 Cuba and see that
they are distributed at the point OF a
/ bayonet If necessary My information is
/ that the Spanish government will be no
( titled that we propose to feed the starving
reConcentrados on the island. and if Spain
objects to this the United States will en-
force her wish. even though 1t causes
war. In this event Spain would be the
aggresSor.
1T is also my belief that the Maine in
cident will be segregated from the Gu
ban question proper"