The times., 1898-04-11
what of Today.

what of Today:
The New York Herald asserted yes
terday that late on Saturday night, af-
ter leaving the White House, Senator
Hanna and Mr. J. ]. McCook seemed
to feel more hopeful regarding the sit
uation. This might mean one of two
things. Ii might indicate that the privy
councillors in question had received
some secret information that there
would be a vigorous Intervention by
European powers by Monday noon, or
that the President had finally succeeded
in bringing enough senators and MEM
bers around to his plan of intervention
solely on humanitarian grounds. with
out any recognition of either the inde-
pendence or belligerency of the Cuban
Republic, to make its success certain.
1t will be noted that in either case
the interests of the Spanish bond con-
spiracy would be consulted and pro-
tected.
We are not yet ready to believe that
the humanitarian dodge for the benefit
of McCook's clients, and for the pur
pose Of fastening the blood-and-tear-
stained Spanish debt upon the devas-
tated island of Cuba, will work when it's
true inwardness is ventilated in the
Senate and House of Representatives.
No doubt there is a suspicion of the
same sort in the Executive mind, for.
on Saturday and yesterday a desperate
though concealed effort was being
made by the Administration to induce
! both bodies of the National Legislature
to consider the alleged forthcoming
| Presidential message in secret session,
for fear of the pressure of national
opinion.
That opinion is notoriously known to
be bitterly opposed to the plan of Mr..
Mckinley to ignore the Cuban govern
ment, and angrily to reject the idea OF
substituting pretensa of philanthropy
for the immediate cause of cur quarrel
with Spain, which is the destruction of
the Maine and the massacre of her
crew
The message is confidently expected
| by noon; but only because nobody can
see exactly how Mr.. Mckinley can
| avoid sending it. In spite of this view
on Saturday there We're not wanting
those who ought to know, and who said
that there might be delay of a day
or two. The latest one, from last
Wednesday to this time, as usual. wa:
gained on one plea, and used for Z
purpose quite disconnected from it
utilized by the Hanna -McCook elemen
to injure the chances of Senator For
aker's resolution recognizing Cuban in
dependence. Perhaps the job has no
been completed beyond the danger l.ne
in which case day or even a few ad
, ditional hours might be of value, eithe
in that direction or in convincing tn
Concert of Europe that If ought to com
in with threat of armed Intervention
to prevent the American people from
destroying the ability of the Admins
tration to guarantee the deal and prof
its Of the Spanish bond conspirators.
. We hope that the great government
of the continent Will see their interes
in keeping out of the mess, no matte
how urgently they may be solicited t
get into it. Their diplomatists certainl,
are not blind to the fact that Mr.. Nc
Kinley and the ring of capitalists VIII
surround him are without serious back
ing anywhere in the nation, and tha
needlessly to interfere in his supper
and inevitably lead to sentiment o
wrath among the American people tina
certainly would not conduce to friendl
relations after the overthrow or othe
end of the present Administration. an
might rankle in the hearts of seventy
five millions of people and their in
! creasing progeny for generations.
: All the same. we have no doubt tha
J active foreign Intervention will b
played by the Hanna influence as a las
card, in case it should appear tha
Congress IS unwilling to accept the pla
: of American intervention with the sin
: gle purpose of collecting Spain's dirt
: debt from the prosecuted Cubans, in
e stead of a declaration Of war base
E upon the destruction of the Maine
? But the President may keep his wor
: this time, and the message may mate
t rialize We sincerely hope so, becaus
p then there viii be subsequent proceed
] ings of some sort, and the country
sick and tired Of insincerity, vacilla
tion and resulting suspense.
Remember the Maine,
The kaiser's EriendIine>s.
AS might have been expected, it no.
rransuires that all the rumOrs and re