The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-04-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. O., April Is, 1898.

WASHINGTON. D. O., April 15, 1898.
President Mckinley will give Spain |
"a hours, possibly 4s, to decide whether
1t will haul down its flag and retire from
Cuba or whether it will resist the de.
mand of the Congressional joint resolu.
ton demanding "that the govern ment
Of Spain at once relinquish its authority
and government in the Island of Cuba
and withdraw its land and naval forces
from Cuba and Cuban waters" before
putting into effect the third clause Of the
resolution, "That the President Of the
U. s. be, and he hereby is, directed and
empowered to use the entire land and
naval forces Of the U. s., and to call the
actual service of the q. g., the militia of
the several states, to such an extent as
may be necessary to carry these resolu
tions into effect" Only one answer is
expected from Spain-a refusal to get
out until forced out; hence war is re-
garded as no longer merely probability,
but as certainty.
The Congressional resolution does not
recognize the independence Of the insur
gent government of Cuba, but declares
'That the people of the Island Of Cuba
are, and of right ought to be, free and
independent" and is therefore in strict
accord with President McKinley's mes.
sage. There is general satisfaction in
Washington that the end of the suspense
is in sight. The vote in the House was
324 to 10.
Those who have the idea that all
bankers lay awake nights studying up
schemes to "do" the government or the
people should carefully study the follow.
ing patriotic letter from Mr.. Edwin E.
Poor, president of the National Park
Bank, one Of New York City's promi.
nent financial institutions, to Secretary
Cage "In the event of the government
requiring funds for use in the present
crisis the facilities and resources of this
bank are hereby offered for that pur.
pose, and should Congress authorize an
issue of bonds for popular investment,
we desire to offer the services Of that
bank, with its 5000 correspondents in
all parts of the country, for the distribu
tion. of the bonds Of the people, without
commission or charge of any kind"
Those Democratic members of the
House who charged that President Nc.
Kinley was not sufficiently explicit as
to an independent government for
Cuba simply displayed their ignorance
Of what every man who pretends to act
the role Of statesman should know.
After Representative Lentz, Of Ohio, and
several other Democrats, had made them.
selves ridiculous BY adopting as their
own the views Of the yellow journals on
the meaning Of the Presidents message
Gen. Grosvenor proceeded to show them
Just what long ears they possessed. BE
began by quoting from the Presidents
|, message that paragraph asking Congress
to authorize him to bring about peace
sand TO secure In the island the estab
lishment of q stable government, capable
of maintaining order and observing it,
international obligations" and followed
by saying: "Now, I ask any gentleman
on the other side to tell me how q gov
ernment on an island of any country
, controlled by foreign country, a. Cubs
Is now, can have Q government capable
, Of discharging its international obliga-
tions? What are international obliga-
tions? Do colonies have internationa
obligations? Did the President under
, stand that there can be colonial condi-
, tion in Cuba by which there would b'
international obligations from that Gov.
ernment? Wnat international act doe
, Canada do? What international act ha
any Of the West India Islands ever done
! What representative of this governmen
goes to Jamaica, Porto Rico, or an!
island except those independent Tn
very language of the President, a. I'M
derstood by every intelligent man ant
, men Of thought, is that the object ant
, purpose Of using force Is to establish
q government with international obliga
|. tions and with power to discharge thos
l international obligations"
I Representative Hepburn, of lows
made q stinging retort to Democrat
asperslons upon the Presidents Oubal
policy. He opened by declaring that
. sometimes q misstatement is 90 gros
! that it reaches the dignity Of falsehood
0 and falsehood 80 gross that it become
Q mendacity, and mendacity 80 foul that i
!. becomes scoundrelism," and closed b.
4 referring those who were foolish enougl
Q to discuss the possibility of any othe
b than Republican form of government
Q for Cuba to the Monroe doctrine. Al
}. through this week the Democrats in tn
House have shown disposition to pla
party politics, instead of patriotism, tbs