The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-27
5wmEEIINo, JANUARY ri. 1905.


so w HEfIL1NG, JANUARY .7s iSVSs i5
Cuban Crisis aud DenhuSogue'.
I Our Popocratlc neighbor cannot even
discuss the Cuban question without
working into the matter something
about "the gold-bugs," and its tanati-
scism also leads It to indulge in menda-
5cious comments that are totally without
foundation and entirely unwarranted.
What, for instance. do Intelligent and de-
cent people think Of this vicious para
graph from the Register. concerning the
ordering af the battle ship Maine to Ha-
3vana by President Mckinley? =
y What the orders OF the cruiser Maine
are, we know not. but unless the vessel
Is placed at the service Of brave FftZ-
hugh Lee. we wager thatits commander
Us 50 Handicapped from Washington that
I Its big guns will be useless even for the
protection Of American citizens. For a
shot fired would slump stocks and bonds
In Wall street and cause Mark Hanna's
regiment OF plutocrats to witness 4
Eshrlnkage In the value OF their precious
securities, and rather than such q terri
BILE catastrophe be brought about, let
1 every American man, woman and child
i'm Cuba be murdered and outraged!
Such IA comment, did 1t come from
more influential source, could create
nothing else than mischief. There is the
venom and indiscretion in 1t that is
born of5an Insane and fanatical preju-
q
dice. which appeals only to ignorance.
and infames the thoughtless mind at a
time when calm judgment should pre-
vail and patriotism, rather than mere
partisan yindlctivcness. should govern
the conduct o: all American citizens. as
well as OF those who are in a position to
mold public opinion No more unwar
rantcd comment has been INDUCED in by,
the most bitterly partisan and inconsid-
crate enemy OF the administrator in this
country. tits enough to cause the pub
Z sill to hold It's breath and wonder to what
extent the hatred OF a Republican ad-
smlnistration by the organs OF the Bryan,
:ite demagogues Is going to lead them in
their endeavor to breed prejudice
against the Chief Executive OF this coun-
7 try. whose whole life and career have
tbreathcd devotion to the country's
honor, and who was long ago willing to
/ give: his young life for Its preservation
when some OF tho present day critics
were denouncing the national cause:
whose policy with reference to this grave
question has received the Communications
LOT the thoughtful. Intelligent people OF
the Nation, while partisan malice has
sought to dlscredlt 1t.
Why not treat this subject O., the Gu
ban policy with the gravity and the
truthfulness that Its Importance and Sig
niflcance demand? Why not treat q
discussion OF the incident Of the ordering
of the battleship to Havana with the
fairness that should characterize the at
titude OF all Americans at this juncture?
Why encourage the enemies Of America,
II she; has; any. by dlscreditng our own
Z government? What is to be gained by
appealing to ignorance and prejudice In
the hope Of reaping a partisan advan-
tage at home, when the only effect 1t will
have Is to comfort the critics Of Ameri-
can Institutions abroad? Fortunately
the local organ OF hatred and malice
stands alone among the newspapers OF
sthe country In going to the extreme
length quoted In the above paragraph.
The Cuban question is one of great
difficulty, and cannot be settled by pollti-
i cal Edemagogues who assume to know
more than the men at the helm who are
IN close official touch with the situation.
Have these demagogic editors forgotten
THAT the ten years war In Cuba. more
terrible than the present uprising, was
In progress during the presidential term
5ofs that great soldier patriot. General
I Grant? His flrmncss Of character and
watchfulncss OF American interests were
proverbial. It was Grant who ordered
8the French army from Mexico, and It,
went. l was Grant who pressed the
Alabama claims and they were settled.
! During the ten years Cuban war of That
day our expeditions with relief for
the Cubans were captured by the Span
Siards and. In one Instance, many Ameri-
can citizens were shot. -,,5 al 4
There were jingoes then, as now. ready
4 TO wipe Spain off the face OF the earth
with their bombastlc rhetoric. but Gem
yeral Grant stood firm ana there was no
war He who had brought the mighHest
Sclyl war of modern times to an end, and
about sgwhose patriotism and frmness
there was no question. did not permit
himself 10 be swayed by those who were
warriors only IN their minds, and were
willing TO have everybody else except.
themselves do the fighting B.
1nths day, and under similar clrcum-
stances, VIC also have a President who is,
treating the subject with the seriousness
Sthatiis born OF the 3realzation OF the re-
4sponsibility. He Is proceeding With a.
! full sense Of that responsibility, and will
answer 70 the people OF the country ana
not 70 the lingo politicians who arc, seek.
ing for an issue with which 5-innamc:
;lhei public mind. q: \, !5i5-
iS5s This is time to treat the presidency
5of the United States with the respect
that 70 due It. Decent consideration for
shs Exc ullyes personality and his great