The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-25
PLAYING LAST CARD
REPUBLICANS Z APPEAL TO THE
PEOPLE ON THE SPANISH
WARIISSUE
TRYING TO SApE THE HOUSE


President Mckinley Convinced on
His Western Tgip of the Election
of an Adverse Majority in the
Event of Failure to Strike
Some Popular Chord - Canal
Steal Made a Graphic Issue. ~.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 24.-Republican
orators and newspapers throughout
the country have, been notified that
they must abandon all other issues
and make the fight during the remain
der of the campaign on the one uues-
ton Of settling our differences with
Spain. They have been instructed to
impress the people with the idea that
Spain would regard a Democratic VIC
tory next month as a condemnation
of the administrations conduct of the
war and disapproval of the terms of
peace submitted to the Sagasta min
istry by President Mckinley.
Every argument possible will be adj
vanced to demonstrate that Republican
defeat al the congressional elections
would encourage the great powers of
Europe to interfere and prevent our
acquisition Of the Philippines
The suggestion that the campaign be
fought out on these lines came from
President Mckinley. He became con-
WINGED during his trip through the
West that the Republicans were in
danger of losing the next house unless
some popular chord could be struck
by which in the closing days of the
campaign defeat could be changed into
victory.
The president gave the matter much
thought, and the result of his de1ib-
eratiOns was that an appeal ought to
be made to the people to stand by the
administration until all the questions
growing out of the war have been set
tied --..- ..-.--.--
In his speech at Kokomo Ind. last
Friday Mr. Mckinley expressed his
opinion of the situation in tie follow
ing language: $50 long as we have
any differences abroad, we must have
none at home. Wherever we get
through with our differences with an
other nation we can afford to resume
our old disputes among ourselves I'm
til that time we should stand together
for common purpose There should
be no division amerg the people of the
United States until the settlements of
the war are embodied in the perma-
nent form Of a treaty of peace, And I
am convinced that; the people, without
regard to party affiliatien, setting aside
all differences and distinctions, yAill
remain together until we shall finally
settle the terms of peace with Spain.''
SLUR ON PATRIOTISM. >~~--
OF course this kind of talk insinuates
that the Democratic party is not pa
triotic and that the Representatives of
that party could not be trusted to up
hold the administration in forcing
In TO
fact that the president and nearly eV-
cry Republican senator and represen-
tatfVe in congress was opposed to the
liberation of Cuba, to ,aVenging the de-
structiOn of the Maine and to going to
war with Spain, Mr. McKinley's re-
marks at kokomo can only properly be
described as impudent.
You will hear nothing during the
next two weeks from the Republican
spelIblnderS except that the Spaniards
and the Democrats are working hand
m glove. against the administra ton and
that the election of Democratic house
OF representatives in November would
be nailed with great JOY in old Madrid.
1t is simply another instance going
to show that the Republican, leaders
believe the people are lot Of cattle
who can be driven from one place to.
another by simply hooting and yelling
sound argument.
1t is the last card the Republicans
have to play, but it will not avail them.
They are apparently doomed to defeat.
and when they have finished sowing
the seeds of demagogy among the peO-
pie and the votes have been counted
two weeks from next Tuesday, they
will probably find they have merely
been scattering chaff before the wind
Meantime the delay In the peaca
negotiations at Paris is easily explain.
ed. Neither side wishes an early set
Element. The Spaniards are playing to
the galleries and our commissioners are
waiting until new congress shall have
been chosen.
All this haggling over the Cuban
debt is Irrelevant to the questions
which the commission must settle
SPANS representatives, however, want
to save the Sagasta ministry and 81
the same time show the bondholdera.
that they are doing all they can to
save the Cuban debt.
The question as to the disposition Of
Cuba was settled by the terms of the
protocol. Spain relinquished sovereignty
over the island and this government
mas refused to assume sovereignty
The Spanish commissioners have been
trifiing with the question and our rep
resentatives have submitted to It be-
cause 1t very well suited their purpose
to do so.