The San Francisco call., 1898-04-15
GETTING IN LINE.

HE House fairly lined up with the President. It was little mixed in getting there, but 1t rived, with no more serious incident than the use ot bound copy of the Congressional Record as concealed weapon to determine a question of veracty In this there nothing ncendiary, and at last all but nineteen members voted for the resou tlon which conforms as nearly as possible to the Presidents policy.
 The fact that the minority, after days of embit- tered comment the message and criticism of the President that the bounds of decency fell in and supported the resolution IS very significant. They mindful of public opinion and have had time to hear from the country and know that the peo- pie with the President. General Fitzhugh Lee came home to make his progress to Washington through lane of cheering Americans that stretched from the Gulf to the Potomac, and when he came to advise Congress was to the effect that the Presi- dent right in counseling that body not recog- nize Cuban independence under the existing socaed republic. The yellow sheet in this city, which be- comes fippant and disoyal in its comments in proportion its ignorance fails grasp the situa- ton, ndulges in the nccndiary headline, Congress Surrenders to the President" and at the same time edtorially comments Lee, knowing that Lee advised against recognition of the Cuban insurgents govern ment and counseled precisely in line with the Pres- dent.
 In the excitement of the hour some of the people may fail to notice this policy of hypocrisy and de- ceit, but 1t will become common knowledge before long
 One IS amazed at the faulty and fatal leadership of the minority in Congress which induces its following to denounce Tn the most torrid terms policy which ln less than day 1t also leads them to vote The party in the country which that minority is supposed to represent will grow tired of such folly That party was in precisely such way led during the Civil War into the wilderness of defeat where it wandered for than half of forty years.
 The President and the House now stand together the Cuban issue as an American question solely If war Is the best for American honor and interests there will be war; and 1t will be fought to the right conclusion by American pluck and valor. The House and the President have isolated Spain In her inter- national horizon there is no ray of hope for an all
 ance with any Continental power The policy of the minority would remove her isolation and give her allies
 Judge Mcguire by strange inversion if not per version of reasoning says that the House action for which he voted, invites European intervention, when that IS just what 1t prevents.
 Intervention may be offered whether invited or not If offered 1t will be declined because no European question is raised If Spain the House action as of war 1t IS that raises up for her no allies. II her dismemberment occur incident of such war, as 1t will, the fault IS hers, not ours
 But if we begin with demand for her dismember- ment and make her refusal for declaring war against her, the whole cleavage of the issue is changed. It then becomes European question and she would probably find allies
 The country intends to stand by the President and Lee who stand together.