The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-03-14
SENATOR HOAR OBJECTS.
uss Thinks Thi, Country Should 60
slow.sn The cusan
* " s. Affair.
GRANT REFUSED. 70 TAKE ACTION
And His Refusal was characteristics by
Good Sense and Patriot
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large crowds in the galleries 1.-THE OPEN
ing of the session this morning in antici-
patton Of action ard diclssion of the
Cuban resolutions. The chaplain's prayer
2 was terse and comprehensive. 1t was
comprised in single sentence and was
an invocation to the Divinity to stretch
out Thy right hand to be defense against
all our enemies
Mr.. Dubois reported from the commit
tee on bic lands bill which he ex-
planned as one meeting the objections of
the president and citizens of Arizona to
the bill on school lands recently passed
by congress and vetoed by the president.
He said that the report was unanimous
and that he would ask action upon it
e very soon.
: Mr.. Cockerell gave notice of his pur-
u ose to address the senate tomorrow on
le question Of amending the revenue
bill.
At 1910 a. m. Mr.. Sherman called up
the conference report on the Cuban reso-
lutions.
Thereupon Mr.. Hoar offered resolu-
ton which went over under the rules
that the consideration of the conference
report be postponed until Monday, April
6, and that the committee ON foreign rela-
tons be directed to report the facts,
which, in its opinion, justify the adoption
of such resolutions with the evidence
therefor. Mr. Hoar also offered resolu-
ton which was agreed to requesting the
r., fo fo hn ia
ESQ far as not incompatible with the pub
lie interests) all the facts in his possession
relating to the existing conflict in the
island of Cuba and especially such as
affect the interests and duty of the United
States in the premises.
The conference report on the Cuban
concurrent resolution having been laid
before the senate Mr.. Hale spoke in op-
position to it. He was one of the few
senators, he said, who had voted against
the concurrent resolutions reported from
the committee on foreign relations, and
he had seen no reason since to regret his
action, and should vote against the con-
ference report. All the reasons that he
gave then had grown in strength. The
conditions existing did not, he believed,
justify a recognition of those in rebellion
against a friendly government as bellig-
ents. The inf1ammatory appeals of SEN
ators, based upon statements that We're
not corroborated, were not sufficient to
persuade him to act other than he had
acted. Subsequent events and later infor-
nation only proved, Mr.. Hale said, the
business of the petition he assumed. Mr..
Hale then reviewed the history of the
previous instruction in Cuba and the
,tion of the house then which was al
st Identical with that had at this time.
Fortunately for the country and it's peace
Gen. Grant was in the presidential chair
ut the time and refused to take the action
urged by the house. Gen. Grant was as
great lover of liberty, Mr.. Hale said,
as was any member Of the committee on
foreign relations and knew probably
great deal more about the subject of bel
ligerent rights. The message sent to
congress was such clear expression of
the law that the resolutions of the house
went for naught and all the excitement
was. at once abated. Mr.. Hale said he did
not intend to speak at length upon the
subject, but would be content to cite quo
tations from President Grants message
which, although sent to congress during
the previous instruction, was as applfca-
BILE to the present days as IT it had been
freshly laid on the desk of the presiding
officer of the senate.
Mr.. Hale then sent to the clerks desk
and had read extracts from the message
of Gen Grant, referred to. If any dispas-
s.onate man were today to make re-
view Of the conditions in Cuba no Ian
guage could better portray the present
situation than the language of Grant, he
said. 1t was characterized by good sense,
patriotism and clear discernment. His
dictrine of belligerency should, Mr.. Hale
said, be accepted as the doctrine OF this
country. The insurgents in Cuba had,
Mr.. Hale asserted, no government except
on paper: they hold no courts, their power
is seated in the struggling bands in stray
Cling camps. 1t is a clear case of guer-
rilla warfare. There was no comparison
between the conditions in Cuba and in
the Southern states during our rebellion,
when foreign governments recognized
their rights as belligerents. The South
ern states held at that time undisputed
possession of a vast territory, the Con-
federate states had set up their own gov
eminent organized courts, modified ar
mics and sustained navy. Not one OF
these details had been secured in Cuba by
the insurgents. The recognition granted
them by foreign governments was done
III corteous language and not through the
passage of insulting resolutions.
The conference report on the Cuban res
olutions were laid aside until tomorrow.
the Dupont case. voicing the view of the
minority against seating Dupont.
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