& THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY.. APRIL 18. 1898. (Se Jkwmfon CrtBune i'ublUhed Daily, Lxcept Hunitny. by the Tribune Publishing Company, nt tiny Cent! t Month. The Tribune's telegraphic news is from three to five hours fresher than that of any Philadelphia or New York paper circulated in its field. Those papers go to press at midnight; The Tribune receives news up to 3 a. m. and sometimes later. All the news in The Trib une while it is new. New York Omce: 1BO Nassau Ht., S. 8 VII Hi: I, A Nil, Bolo Agent for lorolgn Advertising. IMTFRKU AT TIIF rOSTOKFICF. AT SCnAVTOJf, l'A., AS SFCOHIKCI.AN'J MAIL M ATTKlt. TEN PAGES. BCItANTON. Al'HIL 18. 1S9S. STAND BY THK I'LAG! Go On. That the fonn of lesclutlon empower ing tin- incMldunt to cnny out. the "w 111 of the people with ipfoiencp to Cuba should lmve become In any sense a matter of paitNan rontentlon Is greatly to bo deploted. Had the president more dearly Indicated the exact bounds of the authoilty desiied by hlin.lt It prob able that no party In opposition could hae held together. The vagueness of the menage must be credited with ha Ing opened the door to the political manoeuverlng which has followed. However It may be with congiess, the people nu cleai In mind and de cided as to what they want. They want til fat of all, the Immediate eva cuation of Cuba by the Spanish, never more to return. They want, secondly, the establishment In Cuba of a stable and unmortgaged republican form of government capablo of de eloping the bountiful natural resources of the Island and affording adequate protec-J tlon to American commeieial enter prise. Lastly they want specific and ample indemnity for the Maine. This must be a prominent part of any basis of bettlpment. Delay In pressing it only whets the popular appetite for It. Theie should be no politics In push ing forwatd this programme. It should be pushed at onco with the whole stiength of the nation. There Is this In favor of the senate icsolutlon. It sas what the American people mean. The Senate Resolution The text of the senato resolution adopted Satuiday night by a vote of 67 to l!l declares that "the people of the island of Cuba are, and of light ought to be, free and Independent, and that the government ot the United .States hereby lecognizes the iepubllcof fubu a a tine ami a lawful gov em inent of the Island, that It is the dutv of the Tnlted States to demand, and thr gov eminent of the United States dops heieby demand, that the govern ment ot Sp.iln at once relinquish Its authoiltv und government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw Its land and nival foices fiom Cuba and Cuban wateis. that the piesldent of the United Stmts be, and he liueby Is, dliected and enipoweird to ue the entire land and naval foices ot the United States and to call Into uetuil scivlce of tht I'lSltetl ht.itts the milltli of the neveral fctutes to such fient as ninv be neces "al to cany tlitve it"-olut'on Into eftect; and t'm the United States heuliy cIIm lalms nnj disposition or in tention to espiclse 'overtlgntv. Juris diction or tontiol ovei said Island, i--tept foi the pacifU.ulon theieof. andas suits Its dett'imlnatlon.whtn that Is ac complished, to leave the roveinmtnt and control of the island to it people." 'J ho Ia.t rltusp ns adopted just prior to the dual vote, upon motion of Henntor Davis It was adopted without opposition mitl It will have the fulltst appioval of the people When the In ner histoiy of this Cuban Is-bue is made public It will piobably be found that back of the pecullai manoeuveis of the peaco-at-anj-piice eli ment was a w ell denned purposo to tuin the Inevitable war at the lnht minute Into a vvni foi annexation, a war of foulblo conquest Ah much, Indeed, was openlj admitted by one of the Icadeis of this clement, Senator Hildas. Urom (list to last this element seems to have boon actuated solely by hope of gain. The bond and the dollnr sign have to nil nppeaiances been tho Alpha and Omega of the standards by which they enteied upon the consldeiatlon of this question, If the thought of doing one bravo deed for liberty and humanity without ton dltlon of repayment or hagglo as to price ever entered their minds, evi dence of It Is not supplied In any pub llo rocord. Since tho days when tho Savior of mankind drove the money changers from the temple there has been no act more fitting than the adop tion by the American senate of tho clause renouncing designs of acquisi tion upon Cuba. That clauso makes unimportant the question of the immedlato recognition of the Cuban republic. As for Joseph Benson Foiaker, his smile Is actually audible. The British member of parllmcnt who wants that body to ask the United HtateH to send It copies of tho Cuban consular reports pays oui consular ser vice a high compliment. Hut we're f 1 id that titter Englishmen reud what J KOS&C our consuls havo been telling our state depnitment for yenrs past they'll des pise us because we didn't Intel vene in Cuba months ago. It Is a mistake to credit Mr. Bryan with hnving been tho instrumentality which lined up fl votes in the senate against tho president's 37. Mr. Hryan may bo a veiy able and adiolt poli tician and a nnturnl leader of men, but lie has not and piobably never will have that much Individual power. The vote In the senate meant simply that public opinion, after much disappoint ment, grew heartily tiled of tho long and fruitless diplomatic dawdling which had characterized th earlier stages of our Cuban policy and was detei mined nt last to cut across lots. This may not have Leon an especially prudent decision but It certainly was and Is a popular one. Solicitude for Spain's feelings no longer animates the great body of the American people, and confidence in Spanish "Justice nnd honor" has descended to 7ero. Hence the commnnd from the people to presi dent, nimy, congicss, navy, trained mllltla and volunteers Is to stop proernstlnatlng, load their guns and move on. Laboring Under Excitement. It Is natural that members of the National Guard should desire In the event of a call to the front to retain as far as possible their existing organ Iratlon This feeling does ciedlt to the Ouard s esprit du corps It Is a feel ing which the government Is bound to respect to the utmost extent consist ent with Its own highest Interests. That It w ill resDect It so far as It can has already been announced Thus If a regiment shall volunteer substantially Intact Its organization will be kept Intact, from the colonel down. More could hnrdly be asked of the geneial government In way of con cession Hut In some quarters It seems that this Is not considered enough. It Is reported that some of the guards men say they will not volunteer unless the entire brigade is accepted en mabse, with retention of the brigade oiganlza tlon How much further this splilt of dictation of terms will go If It be not dlscouiaged it Is Impossible to foretell. The need for calm reflection upon this matter, therefore, is great. The guardsman's lovalty to his com pany, his regiment and his brigade Is a creditable emotion. Without It ef fective oiganlzatlon would not be pos sible. Hut It will hardly be held In mo ments or sober thinking that this feel ing should outweigh proper loyalty to countij. That would defeat the very purposo of the National Gunnl and make membership in it the reveiso of creditable. Those guardsmen who seem Inclined to legard the possibility of a call from the piesldent as an Impel tin enco unless it Is coupled with condi tions of their own making do not se ilouslj mean what they wy. They .11 e slmplv laboilng under excitement. Cieneinl I.ee undoubtedly ought to have a command In Cuba, and if le sults ate wanted he'll get one. The Senate's Purpose. Theie can be no doubt that lecog nltlon of either tho belllgeienev 01 tho independence of a state Is exclusively an executive function. Congress iins u moral right, as repiesenting the public opinion of the people, to advise the president when, in its judgment, letog nltlon Is desirable In pursuance of this right and b concurrent resolution which expres-sed the pieponderatlng sentiment of the nation then and now, the Fifty-fourth congiess advised Presi dent Cleveland to lecognlze the belllg eiency ef the Cuban Insurgents, but he paid no attention to its advice, thus directly and deliberately insulting tho legislative branch. Latei, when the senate of the present congiess repeated this counsel to President McKlnley, his advlseis, lepiesentlng on this Issue only a small mlnoiity of the people, caused the senate's lesolutlon to be held up In the foieign affairs commit tee 100m of the house, where It yet sleeps In a pigeon hole. The basis of the executive's represen tations to eoncress at this time, as made through lecognbed spokesmen, was that diplomatic ptocesses were be ing tmplo.ved tow aid the end of a sat Isfactoiv settlement of the Cuban ptob lem, which piematuio recognition of Cuban belllgeieney would greatly em bairass, If nut hopelesslv defeat. In defeieuce to these lepresentatlons con giess withheld fuithei presine and milled to the executive's suppoit with a loyaltv and a unanimity of purpose not pievlously witnessed in Aineilcan hKtoiy. It Is Imijoitant to keep this fact In mind In view of the piesent attempt of tome of tho executive's sup porters to make It appear that congress Is now Hying to ovenule the president. So fai has this been fiom tho tuitli that congiess, against Its own better judgment, awaited in patience the end of the toituous couisf of dlploniutlo negotiation, which in its belief never offcied the slightest hope of a s-atlsfac toiy conclusion, suppoitlng the execu tive In each ot his bteps up to and Including the $r.0.000.000 appiopilatlon for tho nation's defense, without a dis senting vote It wns not until the presi dent himself confessed to congress In his recent message that his scheme of diplomacy had failed utteily at the final test, and Invited an expression of the will of congress In the premises, that congiess reverted to its original plan, now mown beyond mere recog nltlon of belligerency Into an Irresist ible demand for Immediate forcible In tervention In Cuba for tho establish ment of absolute Cuban Independence Let us be scrupulously fair about this Important matter. Congress stood by the president honorably and with rare fidelity as long as ho ictalned the lead eishlp. But when In his message he laid this down and asked congiess to point tho future way does It Involve any lollectlon upon tho chief executive that congress is now accepting his in vitatlon, not bv further toletanco of the confessedly Ineffective methods of diplomacy but bv exorcise of Its con stitutional pierogatlvo In what amounts In effect to a declaration of war? The houso spoko first In terms of restraint which thinly veiled its militant Intent. And It Is possible that tho senate would have accepted the house's cushioned phrases but for the inJeeent tftoi'U of tho coterie of peace-al-any-prlce sonn tois, headed by Messrs. Hanna and Ulklns, to ply upon the backs ot fellow scuatois the administration whip In furtherance of their own ends. That this was done with tho president's con sent we do not believe. Far more cred ible is the assumption that It was a brazen usurpation of authority of n piece with that which during the past fortnight hns In ought our high-minded and patriotic chief magistrate down from unexampled popularity to a con dition of unpopularity without Just cause In any personal net or thought. Tho vote In the eonate Saturday night was the public's vote of censure, not on McKlnley, for whom every senator nnd eveiy Intelligent citizen has the ptofouudest personal respect, but upon the malign Influence of some of his prominent udvisers upon Hanna, upon Hlklns, upon the wholo twisting nnd squirming, biood of peace without honor senators who, In their eager ness to defeat the popular will, did not sciuple to Intilgue with pope nnd priest and fotelgn ambassadors, outraging the Independence of the American na tion These men stand today flayed and kicked aside by the strong force of tho nation's asserted patriotism. With this duty performed congress is now free to tuin Its attention to the common enemy. Recognition, In any event Is 11101 ely an Incidental Issue. Diplomacy having passively per mitted over 200,000 Cubans to stnrve it Is not surprising that the voice of this Christian naton Is now lifted against further diplomatic dallvlng and In be half of war. The enthusiasm with which Mont gomtiy county listened to Brother Wnnamaker's speeches and then licked his delegates would discourage a less optimistic reformer. Americans bear no malice against the ruling dynasty of Sapln but It can not concede that that dynasty's safety Is of more consequence than peace nnd humanity In Cuba. It Is evident that Hon. Julius Caesar Huuows does not desire to be re-elected to the senate of the United States ftom Michigan. It Is safe to guess that the ambassa dois of the powers will never risk con clusions with the United States senate. Tho house of representatives should remember this morning that the essen tial thing Is to get the wai ships started. Senntor Quay knows from experience that It doesn't pay to try to wage war with feather pillows. If It is to be war let It be war fiom the word go. No parleying now. If Spain cannot take a hint maybe she will heed a kick Going at It in an Erroneous Manner 1'ioin the Chicago Intel -Oiean THU report of the senate commute o on fuiiltii lefitfuns Is a crushing airaiguiiKUl of our own lorelga pollc ia the lust three euis. Urom the beginning of tne Cub in 1 evolution we have ill if ted through com plications nnd embarrassments beiklng tver an amicable settlement Instead ot asseitlng our rights. The report ot tho senate committee lllustiutes the fatal de fects of this poliej, as no previous cita tion ot facts has done. o in tracing the pi ogress of our negotia tions with Spain, the committee mnkts it painfully clear that fiom the vor llrst we havo cried In our negotiations with Spain we havo come torwaul constantly to seek mt-relv as many of our rights as ve could obtnlu without friction Instead of standing over on the firm basis of treaty law, we have stood on any ground 01 havo faced any way la our efforts to stcuie 0111 objects without giving offenso to the Madtid cabinet. Consequent we have left In M idnd tho impression that we weie supple, folding, and ever con clllntorv in deference to a bold fiont. hither all this has led us we all know. o In tho eas of the Competitor the expos tulations of this government were in ef fect meielv petitions for roval clemenej The Cmni otitor prlboncru captured under our flag were Imprisoned nearlj seven teen months and were never brought pioperly to trlil though thev weie sub jected to harsh. Illegal, and degrading pieilmlnary examinations The entile pioceeding ngalust them wits unlawful In this case, as In otheis, the United States permitted Itself to bo put technic al!) In the wrong, and In tho end Its citi zens were paidcncd as for a crime In sti ail of being released with indtmntt) as u light. In the case of Kulz, an American citiztn was assassinated bv act ot Span- Mi officials No repaiatlon hus been mndo foi this Hud the relenso of tho '"ompetltor pilsoncrs been demanded as a treat v rights, which It Indlsputablv was, and had tho government at that time In-i-IMed on their relense. there would have been no Kulz ease and no destruction of the Maine. o One of the strongest Indictments made bv tho committee Is thai tho United States lias been placed In an attitude of loiicuironio with tho Hpaulaids ever slneo tho beginning of the war In Cuba; that Amerlenns havo been In effect silent partners in tho woik of Spanish Infuiuv Having been pushed Into this attitude, the nation In a splilt of foibeniance has submitted to manv atroiltles perpetiated by Spain on our own citizens This takes no account of tho atrocities committed against tho Cubitus. It Is Independent of the devastation of tho Island. The Amer Itan losses alono have amounted to J50, 000 OX) In property and to hundieds of lives. o Tho argument of tho committee Is that the foreign policy of tho government must be changed. We can no longer puisne a eourso that subordinates everything to nmlrablo settlement When wo are clcnr 1 In the right we must say so, and In Mend of ucccptlng simple Justice uh a favor wo must demand It. As tho begin ning of this new policy tho committee iccommends Intervention. This will bo 1111 assertion of the right of the United States to look after Its own Interests in Its own way. It will do nwny with a policy which, while frittering away treaty rights with the mlHtnken Iden of gain ing peace, merely piles up complications for the futuie THK CUUKRNATORIAI, CANVASH Urom tho PhlladelpMa Press. Tho coming state convention Is called upon to relievo tho part of responsibil ity for attempted treasury raids, for pudded pay rolls, fcr legislative Jobbery and plundering by making a nomination such as will assuro the people that not only nro these things repudiated, but there can be no lepelltlon of them. It Is demanded that tho Republican party in I'ennsilvanla shall bo no longer held In bondage und humiliation to serve flu purposes of personal Jol bery. This Is what tho candldncv of Mr. Wanamaker represents. Mr. Wanamaker is not seek ing a nomination for governor himself, but ho demands, and tho cnuso he leads demands, Unit the nominee shall not bo the slated ciitullduto of Jobbers und self seekers who havo dlthonored tho party. Tho people would bo satisfied to accept Charles W. Stone, of Wan en; William Connell, John I.elscnrlng, or some other thoroughly representative Republican. Hut whomsoever tho candidate, the con vention must come face to face with tho fact that sincere and earnest Republi cans who are no longer willing to sub mit to the nilsuso and abuso of tho Re publican nomo and organization must bo reckoned with. Only those who are de termined to wreck tho party will attempt to forco tho nomination of u mcro per sonal candidate. - ' llfJUUSTION Ol' RECOGNITION. Urom tho Washington Star. Immedlato recognition by congress or tho insurgent government as dlsplijlng tho characteristics of nn Independent na tion would be tho legislative exorcise of an executive power In n nnnner dlpleis. Ing to tho president. The senute lesolu lions lefralu fiom recognition of tho In surgent government, but do recognize that the people of Cuba nie free nnd in dependent If they are free, how hnvo thov become so' Through the Insurgent armies now in the Held The senate rec ognition Is of a victorious atmy, w rest ing freedom from Spain, which has not et established In the clnsh of arms a full-fledged government, equipped with all tho pitritphcrunlla characttilstle ot a na tion There Is no it flection ipon tho Cu ban patriots in rofralring at this lime from recognizing tin independent of trolr government There would bo a giatultous reflection upon tho president In taking this action. Without legislation the president enn at any moment af a wur measure or for onv other reason ten der this formal recognition. OUR DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. Urom the Washington Post. At least ono feature of the piesent sit uation will prove a cause ot general np provol and contentment The knowledge that our controversy with Spain Ins been taken out of the hands of diplomacy and transferred to those of congrtss, will re joice every one Our diplomatic conduct of the Cuban affair, whether during the Cleveland or tho McKlnley ndmlnlslra tlon, has satisfied nobodv, nnl accom plished nothing. This kindergarten busi ness has merely prolonged a fiultless ne gotiation, nt everv stage of v.iilc'i wo havo been outwitted, and It has ended In a war which might much moro right eously have been Invoked two jenrs ago. Wo are fn a fnlso and humiliating predic ament, so far aH diplomacy Is concerned, and we have a tragedv on our hands Just tho same. KIiEMKNTN OU POPULAR IT V. Urom the Cnrbondalo Leader Tho formal announcement of Mr Con nell s cnndldicv for the gubernatoil.il nomination Is well lecelved bv tho press and peoplo of this stctlon of tho stnte, and It Is probable that ho will be enthu siastically supported by tho delegates from northeastern Pennsylvania Mr. Connell's conduct slrce his entry Into public life hns received commmdulor mention In minv quarters He Is popu hr nt home and has elements of strength tbnt will appear later In other parts tt the state. riiK IjAm;ua:k or patrio iis.m Urom n Speech by Joseph O'Connor, of Rochester, N. Y. I msself love peace, being a man of conservative opinions Hut ns we went Into the stiuggle thirty-seven oars ago to free the slaves, so It mai be necessary tomorrow to go Into battle to free an oppressed people No matter whether In tervention mu be an Infraction of our old policy of minding our own business, tho moment the sound of the first gun Is hetml the tlvtr-ma-tcrlng thought for ourselves the world nnd for humanity Is that this country should succeed. Wo must bo one when war comes. "LISTEN! CUIIA." I'or The Tribune We've hianl thv crv, oh, Cuba, Thy cry of deep distress The sets, thy plaint have taken, And the winds, thy woes possess. The stas, against our shores, Sob out thv hurroulug lale. And the winds, thy soriows bear, To us in mournful wall. "Then, wherefore," do ve ask "Have e so long delajed? Wheiefore is jour teabbtid So wedded to tho blade? Wherefore have jo waited, And watched our awtul toil When a blow from thy strong arm Would cleavo the serpent's coll?' Listen!! Cuba, Thus, would we unswer thee, Hy thine own bravo endeavor. Wo hopd thou wouldst bo free. Hoping, 'gsli st hope, we waited, And wo united over long, Hut we'vo thrown tho gage at last And we swear to right the wrong. Listen" Cuba, Wher'er on land or sens, Columbia's sons havo Hung Their banners to tho breeze, Their swords within their scabbards Nor sought, nor found a rest, Until tho wrong wns righted, And the spoiler dispossessed. Listen" Cuba Let this bo thy stur of hope, Columbia's sons oro arming Fiom Maine to western slope. And Cuba, bravo Cuba, Thou ean'st tell thy barbarous foe. Thev have sworn before high heaven, To lay thy spoiler low. Listen!! Cub t Tht), too, havo felt tho breath, That has scorched Into thy soul, They, too. In throes of death Havo seen their comrades fall And when'or they strllto tho blow Thevil not forget, oh Cuba, The measuro of their woe. Arthur L. Collins. Sernnton, April 10 For our new Columbian Incan desent Burners complete with shade and chimney. 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