Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1898 — AMERICAN EDITORIAL VIEWS. [ARTICLE]

AMERICAN EDITORIAL VIEWS.

Bow Metropolitan Newspapers Received tlie Message. Below are given extracts from editorials in various metropolitan papers, commenting upon President McKinley’s message io Congress on the Maine court’s report: The country expects Congress to act firmly, decisively and without delay.—Chicago Chronicle. The people were asked to wait for the facts. They have waited. They have the facts. What next?—Chicago Inter Ocean. Something must be done soon. The situation is no longer all in the air. There Is to be either a standup or a backdown.—Chicago Tribune. . The President humbly holds out his hat to Spain and trusts that she will drop into it something satisfactory to us, or, at least, to herself.—New York Journal. The time to remove this curse upon America has arrived. A policy of delay Is useless. The crisis will be sure to come back bigger and uglier than ever. Such is the substantially unanimous opinion of the people.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Spain is as directly, immediately responsible for the destruction of the Maine and tlie fearful murder of her 266 brave men as If the names and the rank of the unspeakable assassins who wrought this satanie work were blazoned ou the angry heavens.—Boston Journal. In a little while we will know Svbether or not Spain proposes to approach us with that humiliation which the circumstances demand. If she does not, then will be the time for another executive message of far different character and for Congressional action.— Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. What the Cubans will not accept the American publie will not accept. N,, sane and true American citizen wants war. Neither does stick an American want to see this Cuban revolution stopped before there has been laid immovable the foundation of free Cuba.—New York Sun. What are we going to do about if? J s our government to treat the wanton and treacherous destruction of the ship, the immeasurable insult to our flag, and the murder of 266 American sailors as a mere •■incident" in a controversy about Cuba, which it is arranging to settle by a diplomatic dicker of some World.