Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-06
FOR FURTHER DEBATE
The Senate Proposes to Discuss Its
Cuban Resolutions Again.
SENATORS WHOLOSq ACHANCE fOSPEAK
Mr.. Chandler Thinks the DecIara.
ton Was Not Strong Enough.
A SEQ ND HOU G. H T

Next Monday at o'clock the Senate will
take up for final consideration the Cuban
resolutions, which are now passing through
the somewhat slow process Of official for
mutation. Yesterday afternoon, just before
The Star went to press it was announced
in the Senate that the conferees had
agreed. the House resolutions standing as
acceptable to the representatives of the
Senate. Mr.. Sherman asked for the i'm
mediate consideration of the matter. a con-
ference report being always privileged. but
subject to a single objection. which has the
effect of postponing action for day. The
Senate had earlier agreed to adjourn from
the end of the legislative day until Mon
day. Mr.. Hale interposed an objection. He
voted against the passage of the original
Senate resolutions, and when Mr.. Sherman
urged that there be speedy action, he de-
clared that the resolutions had been rushed
through the Senate with too little time for
debate, and inferentially criticised the COM
mittee on foreign relations for having on
Thursday Of last week fixed upon o'clock
Friday as the time for taking the vote and
then ever night changing the form of the
resolutions, SO that they came before the
Senate in the nature of a surprise. He
said that several Senators who desired to
speak had been forced out of the debate
by the lack of time, as the committee
took most of the time for debate,
and there was no opportunity for the an
tagonists Of the resolutions to present their
views.
Mr.. Sherman called attention to the very
large majority by which each of the two
houses had voted for the two sets of reso-
lutions. which, he thought, were practical
~ alike. The Senate conferees. he said
had agreed that they might take the state
ment OF facts embodied in the House pre-
sentation. He was willing. however. to al
low the matter to go over If there was
disposition and a desire to debate it fur
Their.
Mr.. Hawley said he was glad there was
to be further chance to debate the reso-
buttons. He had voted for them originally,
tut he reserved the right to do as he
might see fit in regard to the matter.
Not Strong Enough.
Mr.. Chandler said If he had known this
contingency were to arise he should have
opposed the motion to adjourn over until
Monday. He had no objection to further
debate. He was sorry MIR. Hale had not
spoken on the former occasion, but sup
posed that he refraned from talking on ac-
count of disposition to see the subject
disposed of speedily, for the common in
terest not only of Cuba, but of the United
States. Il myself refrained from speak
ing" he said. although 1 was not salts
fed with the resolutions. They were not
liberately in favor of action by the United
States for the recognition and maintenance
OF the Independence Of Cuba. If / could
have my way. and have such action by
Congress and the President of the United
States as to my mind is required by the
interests of humanity and the enlightened
interests of the United States, I would see
this country recognize and maintain at
the risk of war with Spain, the indepen-
dence of the island of Cuba. France did
that IN our revolution. and it is an undyng
glory in the crown of honor of that nation
that she helped us attain our independence
l think that when the independence of
Cuba Is achieved, as 1 hope and believe it
Will be at no very distant day, we shall
attach that island to us-by undying graft
tude. growing out of the fact that We did
declare and maintain at the risk of war
with Spain or any other nation the indie
pendence of the island
Mr.. Cali complained about the adjourn
ment over until Monday. and declared that
in his opinion the resolutions were not
strong enough.
Plea for Connecticut's Sencoast.
Mr.. Hawley obtained the floor once more,
and said
II sympathize in general ard very warmly
with the popular view Of this whole cues
ton. 1 think that the conduct of the war
against the insurgents is abhorrent to the
common sense of humanity of the world /
think that the government of Spain over
Cuba, In which we cannot help being inter-
ested, has been such as to provoke and de-
serve the very severest criticism.
But there are some other considerations
that make me stop and think occasionally
before voting upon this and similar matters.
We are giving offenSe to power that is not
the most considerable perhaps, but we have
been giving offense-and some of it offense
that we might rightly have given; do not
take it back-to many countries Of Europe
until We have involved ourselves in an I'M
friendly criticism. l do not wish to proph-
esy: prophets are without honor in their
own country; but it is within the limits of
possibility that we shall find ourselves in
volved in a war not with one nation, but
with more than one. That is very possible.
l do not dwell upon it any longer. 1 have
TO sympathy with the people who when war
is spoken Of say it will never come 1t comes
when you do not expect it. 1 have no re-
spect for the judgment Of those men who,
when the defense of the country is spoken
of. talk about the enormous physical pow er
of this alton and the five or ten millions OF
freemen soldiers who are ready to come to
its defense.
Food for Bullets.
what can they do without coast defenses?
Will an army march down to the sandy
beach of New Jersey and offer themselves
as food for the enemy's cannon? They
would be worth nothing else, and they would
rot stop a bullet as well as mule. 1 take
it for granted that those gentlemen who are
SO ready to talk loudly and vigorously and
eloquently, and in many respects justly, and
give offense readily, will vote for the
most liberal appropria lions for coast de-
lenses and for very large increase of the
1.avy and reasonable increase of the army.
l suppose they will. If not, hope they will
rever have occasion to regret it. But they
may have serious occasion to regret both
their speeches and their refusal to so vote. y
CLARA RARTON,S TRIP