The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-12
NATION DECEIVED
Presidents Message a Shock
to Congress and the
People.
some ONE HAS BLUNDERED
Country Led to Expect That
Mckinley Would Develop
a Policy.
BUT PARTY LASH WILL FALL
AND DELAY BE SECURED I'm SEN
ATE If REED CANNOT CON.
TROL THE HOUSE
SOME ONE HAS BLUNDERED
BUT PARTY LASH WILL FALL

TROL THE HOUSE
m1nnesofa Delegation Not at All
United on the Course to BE Pux-
sued in Dealing With the New
Situation - Withdrawal of Lee
and Other ConsuIs From Cuha
Leaves the United States without
Representation to Watch the
workings of the Armfstice-Lee
to BE Heard at Washington
Today.
Washington Bureau st. Paul Globe. }
Corcoran Building.
Special to The st. Paul Globe,
WASHINGTON, April 11-Had tha
plate glass roofing which admits light
into the respective halls of the senate
and house Of representatives given wav
today and fallen with dire and dread
full results on the heads Of the con-
gressiona1 statesmen below, 1t would
have produced no greater effect of de-
moralization than did the message NJ
President Mckinley, which was recetv-
ed with indignant protests from men
of all shades of political opinion.
very few senators and representa-
ffUac Wy hxy1 1,i,,f
lations to the president and the ad-
minfstration, were trained beforehand
to ratify the message, speak of it in
praiseworthy terms. but their voice
sounds very weak
To the Republicans whom President
Mckinley has repeatedly promised that
he would disclose policy and make
formal demands for the freedom Of
Cuba, that the flag of Spain must be
lowered on the western hemisphere,
and that the u1timatum Of the admin
istration to Spain was Get out or be
driven out" the message was a reva-
lation Of broken faith and unfulfilled
promises. Consequently the message
was received on the Republican side of
the house with just as much enthusi-
asm as heavy fall Of snow at a May
pole party
Tom Reed has the contract from the
administration to take care that the
house gives Mr. Mckinley and Mr..
Hanna the sole and only authority to
deal with Cuba. That is the single
recommendation of the message. The
president could not ask for more. For
he has involved the administration in
the diplomatic soup UP to its neck by
palavering for an armistice or cessa-
tion Of hostilities between Spain and
Cuba, while at the same time mislead-
ing congress by intimatng that Spain
had been given an ultimatum to either
fight or surrender.
What of the ArmfsticeY
1t takes two to make bargain in in
ternational affairs, as in every other
transaction.
Who is going to speak for the insur-
gents, and who is there lest to represent
this government in Cuba while any
such negotiations are pending.
Among the other things in the collos-
sal collection of mismanagement is the
withdrawal of Lee from Havana, who,
like many others, has been very badly
bamboozled by the double dealing from
the White house. Lees view of the
situation will be made known tomor-
row.
Spain suggested Lees recall less than
seven weeks ago. Immediately there
was such an uproar that within twen-
ty-four hours after the suggestion be-
came known both branches of con-
gress placed s5O,OO0,O 900 to the credit Of
Mckinley. That fund has been sliced
up among various concerns in tbs
and other countries in preparing to stop
murder and prevent starvation in
Cuba.
But Lee is out of Cuba, and the Span
ish army still remains.
What will congress do with McKin-
ley's message?
The party lash will be unsparingly
used in the house. If the Republican
hide is impervious to Reed and his lieu
tenants, there will be ten or twenty
day diversion in the senate for the edi-
fication Of the country and the amuse-
ment Of the diplomatic corps in Wash
ington.
Senior Polo y Bernabe, the Spanish
minister, is now taking such practical
view Of the situation that he has actu-
ally unpacked his summer supply of
haberdashery and contracted for a sea-
sons supply Of American ice cream.
DELEGATION DISAGREEs.
Minnesota Members Differ on Course