The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-04-02
PUBLIC OPINION
Expressed by the Newspapers
of Louisiana.

absence of this proof it is claimed
that no demand for indemnity will
be made on the Spanish government
but that President Mckinley will
at once order that this country in
tervene in the Cuban affair. In
this, congress, and the whole people
of the country will be with him,
but they are not disposed to await
any diplomatic red tape in the mat
ter, The presidents. failure to act
promptly will only hasten congress
to a declaration of war for the
members have heard from their
constituents and in no uncertain
way. 1t would not be surprising to
learn before the end of the week
that the first gun had been fired.
The only thing now that appears to
prevent a war is the probable back
down of Spain.
Daily States: 1t is gratifying to
note that there is one editor at the
NorthE who is not carried away by
the fictitious military reputation OF
a general whose most distinguished
services to his country" were his
brutal treatment of President Davis
while helpless prisoner in dun
geon of Fortress Monroe-mak-
ing profit by selling, as souvenirs
the locks of hair that had been
clipped from his head, and by the
capture of few famished Indians
who had been whipped by better
men and we're making their may IN
to Mexico. The Philadelphia Re-
cord has this to say of the great
warrior: s'The proposition to con-
fer upon Major General Miles the
title of Lieutenant General that dis
tinguished honor. Until he shall
have rendered to the country such
remark able service as would make
him the equal in that respect OF
preceding Lieutenant Generals this
peculiar mark of the nations res
pect should be kept in store against
the day Of proper occasions"
Shreveport Progress: The Pro-
gress has been called an al
armist; too sentimental; TOO
idealistic. But will these honest,
but misguided critics, please be
kind enough to pay some attention
to the Constitutional Convention
aud see what bad laws it is trying
to pass, and how hard it is fighting
the passage Of good ones?
Baton Rouge Advocates: The
enemies Of the Governor in
this State are actuated by con-
Stunning hate bordering ON insanity
and Interior motives are found tor
everything he does or fails to do.
1t IS not only the right, but it is the
duty of Governor Foster, as a citl-
zen Of this State, to contribute all
in his power towards assisting IN
the solution of the vital problems
now pending before the convention,
and the good people of the State,
without regard to politics will APP
plaud his patriotic efforts in that
direction.
Crowley Signal: AS bloody and
inhuman as has been the national
career of the Spaniards from their
earliest history, there has been
something in the demeanor Of the
Havana and Madrid officials that
fatty contradicts the theory that
the Spanish government was
ba,<irebs eriwiuis in the destruction
of the Maine and ass American
marines. If actual war had existed
they would not have hesitated to
perpetrate the deed, and, unfortu-
nately, under the rules of war the
cruel act would have been per-
mitted-nay, applauded as a fine
piece Of strategy.
Homer Guardian Journal: 1t is
sickening and disgusting TO us to