The record-union., 1896-03-10

language could better portray the pres
ent situation there than the language
OF General Grant, he said. 1t was char
acterized by good sense, patriotism
and clear discernment. His doctrine of
belligerency should, Hale said, be ac-
| cepted to-day as the doctrine of this
country
The insurgents in Cuba to-day had,
Hale said, no Government except on
paper; they hold no courts; their power
is seated in struggling bands in strag-
Cling camps. It has not only not won
a battle, but has not fought what can
be called a battle. 1t is clear case of
pure guerrilla warfare
There was no comparison between the
conditions in Cuba and in the Southern
States during the rebellion, when for
| eign Governments recognized their
rights as belligerents. The Southern
States held at that time undisputed
possession of a vast territory, the States
had set up their own Government, or
ganized courts of justice, modified ar
mics and sustained a navy. Not one of
these details had been secured in Cuba
by the insurgents. The recognition
granted them by foreign Governments
was done in courteous language and
not through the passage of insulting
resolutions.
| Hale wanted to know why it was that
such a considerable portion of the press
was seeking to drive Congress to take
/ some action, why such a strong senti-
ment on the part of the American peo-
pie, why such large vote in the Sem
ate, in view of the actual conditions as
! they exist in Cuba. Hale said it was
| because Congress and the people had
| been informed falsely of the situation
| in Cuba, and told of things that did not
exist. The debate in the Senate showed,
Hale said, an ingenious attempt to con-
meet the Spanish Government and
| Spanish military officials with the bar
barities and outrages that were alleged
to have taken place in Cuba during the
| previous rebellion.
| Hale referred to the book from which
Sherman read the other day, and after
asserting his confidence in Sherman's
belief in the honesty of the publication,
| stated that it now turned out that the
| book was an anonymous publication,
; translated by a newspaper and pub
! lished as a pretended statement of facts.
1t was in reality an absolute, menda-
cious falsehood. Had he voted in favor
| of the resolutions in the light of sub
/ sequent information, he would record
himself against the resolutions.
Hale sent to the Clerks desk to be
read the statement of Minister Dupuy
| de LONE of Spain, published in the
| newspapers, relative to statements
made in the debate by the United States
| Senators.
Davis (Rep.) of Minnesota objected,
on the grounds that it was not permis-
sible for communication from any for
eign Minister to be received by or read
| before the United States Senate unless
it came to the Senate through the regu-
! lar channel, the State Department.
/ Hale expressed his surprise at this
objection.
| Teller (Rep) of Colorado said that
this was the first time during his serv-
ice that anything coming from a for
eign Minister had sought to be read be-
fore the Senate without being trans
mitted through the only department
that has official relations with the Dip
/ lomatic corps.
Frye said he hoped the point of orr
der would be withdrawn, and it was
agreed to by Davis.
Hale, continuing, interspersed his re-
marks with numerous newspaper clip
pings giving statements on both sides
| of the question, tending to show that
acts of cruelty were not confined to
any particular side in the conflict. The
policy of the insurgents was, he said,
not war. 1t was incendiarism, outrage,
barbarism, savagery. He would give
no vote to aid men engaged in such mur-
derous business as this. The question
how long should this sort of thing be
permitted to continue before the United
States interfered was, Hale said, the
very question that was asked over and
over again during our rebellion. We
were always confronted with the dan
ger that foreign Governments would
interfere and recognize the independ-
ence of the South if we did not suppress
| the rebellion ourselves. Whenever the
United States troops met with a defeat
that question was asked us
Sherman, interrupting Hale, said that
before a single battle was fought the
| Government of Spain, France and Eng
! land recognized the belligerency of the
Confederates in language identical with
| the first clause of the resolution submit
| ted in the conference report
Under all the circumstances, Hale
said the attitude of Spain was one OF
| proper dignity. He had no doubt there
was misgovernment in Cuba, but it was
not applied and localized alone in Cuba
| 1t was found in all the Governments OF
Central and South America, and in Tur-
| key. 1t was not the duty of the United
States to endeavor to correct all the mis-
uses of power in the world. The United
States should not incite war by in
flaming a friendly power He had been
| disturbed and made anxious by the
| growth of the desire to agrees to in
| cite trouble and the building up OF
| imagery of war rather than Of peace
1t was militarism, and Hale deprecated
it. When militarism took possession OF
the minds of a great people that people
no matter who they were, would soon
be within the grasp of a strong military
dictator. He did not look upon this
however, as an immediate danger
At 3:07 the conference report on the
Cuban question was laid aside until to-
morrow, and Turpie (Dem.) of Indiana
| Dupont case, voicing the view of the
4 iL4HOdlty against Sealing 0upOnt. WIFI
1 out closing his argument Turpie
| yielded for a motion to go into executive
session, and at 5 p. m. the Senate ad-
journed until tomorrow
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Amone
the bills passed to-day under unani-
nous consent were the following:
Changing the time fer holding terms
Of court in San Francisco.
To print 10000 copies of the book or