Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-09
TURPIE'S TAUNTS
Turned Loose on Two Senators
and General WeyIer.
A ROAST FOR SHERMAN AND LODGE

And . Hotter One for the Spanish Com
s.ander In Cuba-somc Deductions Made
by the Indiana Statesman as Co the situs-
tion on the wretched Isiand-Novel Far.
. don Case Resulting from n MoonshIne
Conviction-Capisai City Notes.
WASHINGTON, April g-Turpie's speech
on Cuba was the event Of the day in the
senate and in many respects It was the
most picturesque and vehement utternnce
heard on that subject. The senator has
an inexhaustible vocabulary and q bitter.
ly satirical style While arguing for
radical action on Cuba-even to the ex.
tent Of sending feet 10 Cuban waters
much OF Turpic's speech was given to
sarcasm and .idiculo Of the course Of Sher-
man and Lodge in managing the Cuban
resolutions The senator created much
amusement ty his portrayal Of Lodge as
awaFrior about to fight duel with Min
lister Dupuy do LONE Of Spain. He said
the Intervention part Of the foreign rcla-
tions committee resolutions did not mako
It clear whether the United States was to
Intervene in behalf Of spain or tho rebels.
For himself no favored Intervention in
favor Of the rebels when the time comes"
sherman Smiles ss 11is "Roasses."
Here was war raging for year, and
yet In the twenty or thirty speeches by
Lodge and n like number by Sherman, be-
fore ho retired TO the cave Of Abdullah, all
that could be learned was the calculations,
"Thcre IL u war In Cuba" and Great Is
the Cuban question"
sherman sat across the isle smiling nt
times while Turpic proceeded with his
vigorous arragnmcnt Of what he considl.
cred the mismanngcment Of the Cuban
resolutions. Turpie then proceeded to
describe tho condition of Cuba today.
Two-thirds Of tho island was within tho
embrace of the revolution, the other third
was debatablc ground whcrc skirmishes
and fighting was going on. This, he said,
had not even been touched upon by Sher-
man, although u vital consideration.
Tsiks of Conditions In Caba,
THAT senator has appeared as afraid as
General Wcyler To look into this qucs-
tion, to 90 over the territory. lie has not
even looked over the fence" Turpic took
p,rp In detail the conditions existing in
Cuba. lie conceded that exact official in
formation was mengrc. Yet the minute
men Of the press" and the mass Of general
correspondence on'thc subject established
certain general AMI essential principles
showing nagrant condition Of war cx.
isting. Tho senator said he had person.
ally collected data. Tie had kept tally Of
raids by the Spaniards on country stores
until they ran into scorcs. lie had noted
the raids involving attacks ON women
and children. Frum this data, he said, he
drcw the first essential conclusion-that
the country store, that type of civiliza-
tlon, Uas widely established throughout
the territory occupied by the insurgents.
sign Of Absence of Bandita
Tho existence Of the country store
meant that there were no bandits and
pirates as charged by Spanish officials; no
thieves and burglarics; that the debtor
and creditor Of tho store was present; in
short. that the reign Of justice-the first
requisite to social organization-cxistcd
The senator referred to General wcylcr's
amnesty offcrcd to priests. General wcy.
lcr paused In his campaign-paused not
ns long as the chairman Of the foreign IT.
lations committee tShcrman)-but he
paused in this campaign conducted with
the fcrocity Of the Apache the Comanche; {;
this campaign Of she Malta and the thug;
this campaign repeating the infamy Of
the cukc Of Alva-pauscd to extend am.
nesty to the priests within the insurgcnt
lines who would yield obcdicn,c TO Spain.
Parish rricss 4. There. Too.
From this circumstance Turpic said he
established another essential principle.
Where there were priests there were par.
ishcs. Where there were parishes the rc
were pcoplc-ncn, women and children.
In short, this proclamation Of amnesty
from Wcylcr established that n God-fca r.
Ing people, with their priests and parishes
existed within the insurgcnt lines. At ono
point, In speaking Of Wcylcr's alleged afro
cities, the senator exclaimed Cuba will
BE- lost ~ Spain" and added IL rc.ract the
will be- Cuba Is lost TO Spain and will
never be rcgaincd"