The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-04-21

g two for Spain TO, answer That vii
. mean more times 1T should also b
= remembered that il the President i
: 50 disposed he can withhold his sig
: nature from the Intervention resolu
ton forten days. The resolution vii
5 not be binding until he signs it. 81
, many predictions have been upset by
unexpected delays that few are being
made in Washington just now. We
are going to war. Of that every.
body is certain, but nobody is certain
whether the shooting will start this
week, or next, or the week after.
| Although no prominent man in
: either party would acknowledge them
to have been necessary. men who
wear their party collars loosely con-
slider that Senator Gray's words
"There is one truce-one armistice-
that | want, and that ia a truce be-
tween the political parties of this
country until we can settle our
account with Spain"-were not only
necessary, but that they have had
good effect on those who have been
trying to ploy party politics in Con-
gress during the last few days, by
causing them to realize that they
were getting on thin ice, and letting
them know that, whatever their in
tentions, they were not fooling every
body. Plain Americanism is good
enough for every true patriot until
we have given Spain that long invit-
ed thrashing, and the politician big
or little who fails to recognize that
fact will be made to pay dearly for
his error by the people.
Among the many offers made to
the War Department of men and
things to use against the Spaniards
was one from circus proprietor of
twenty-five elephants, which he said
would be just what would be needed
by our army in Cuba. He did not
like it at all when the officials told
him that they didn't think they could
make use of the elephants.
If the representatives of the great
European powers in Washington are
correctly reporting the state of Con-
yreSSional sentiment to their govern {
nents, nothing is likely to come of I
he renewed talk about the intention I
If the six greatest European powers {
o attempt by joint note to persuade d
his government not to force Spain
ut of Cuba, and if that fails to make i
threat of resOrting to force to com Q
el us to keep our hands off of q
pains island possessions. That S
AUSTRIA, France, and Italy would be II
lillng to go to almost any extreme "
} and Spain, if they could be assured n
the assistance of England, Ger
'any and Russia, is very well known. ~
ut the determination of Congress, m
Inch knows that it reflects the over II
helmIng sentiment of the country, ~
ould not be changed one iota, even II
formal notice was served on this 4;
untry, that European force would %
used to prevent the carrying out
the Joint resolution just adopted,
drive Spain out of Cuba. Senator
eller voiced the sentiment of the adj
Inlstration, congress and people Coz
len he said: "There must be no in
rference by the allied powers of is
'rope. We should declare that pu
tn all the vigor of our Anglo Saxon
,od and our 100000 people" M n,
10 foreign dictation." would be-
ne companion slogan to "Re- So
the Maine" the minute that dgl
European powers attempted to I
ddle with our settlement of the inn
ban question. J.
Many of the old-timers in Wash I
ton can remember when the pass nal
of the lie direct from one Senator u
another would have led to trouble a fe
side of the Senate chamber, but if j.
lator Wellington, of Maryland. Sat
taken any steps towards resenting A
demanding ietraction Of the u ",e,
dS-"you are liar"-applied to /,
IN open Senate by Senator rout
ley, of Mississippi, whom lie plea
rged with having gone to Cuba as A
agent of New York paper. est"
Ody has found it out. Senator Sa or,
icy apolOgized to the Senate for =,
g unparlimentary language, but saiu
did not apologize to Senator A