The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-04

faith that the president is the agent of
the people, and their representative, not
their ruler" cloud applause.)
The conference committee, he explained,
in answer to question, had no power
to change the form of the resolution from
concurrent to joint so as to compel affirm
alive or negative action by the president.
In reply TO Mr.. Patterson ODem. TENN
who asked what proportion of the 1900 600
Inhabitants of Cuba were adherents or in
SYMPATHY WITH THE CAUSE
of the revolutionists, Mr.. Hit said it was
hard to determine. Over $1,000 men had
enlisted in the Cuban cause.
How many Cubans have enlisted in the
I'VE are informed" replied Mr.. Hit,
officially informed, that many Cubans
are enrolled among the volunteers.
The term volunteers is much misun-
derstood
"The volunteers are Spaniards obligated
to military duty in Spain who elect to
perform that service in Cuba. They are
among the bitterest and most intensely
the privileged spoilers of the Cubans and
annually rob the Cubans of millions and
their peculations are enormous.
The Cuban people" continued Mr. Hit,
are earnestly devoted to the cause of
Independence. They regard Spanish rule
with the utmost detestation."
If the people of Cuba said Mr.. Pat
terson, are practically united in the cause
OF autonomy, in my opinion they
ARE ENTITLED TO 1T,
and if this government would interfere
TO prevent Spain from acquiring territory
on the continents of this hemisphere or
the contiguous islands. 1 do not see why
the United States should not interpoSe to
prevent spain from retaining territory
by subjugatlon'' loud applause)
As Mr.. Hit concluded, Mr.. Hyde (Rep.
Wash.) asked him whether if the presi
dent refused to take any action on the
resolutions, their effect would be nothing.
MIR. Hit replied that he declined to enter
tain any such hypothesis response that
was greeted with tumultuous applause.
Mr.: Boutelle (Rep. Maine) who has
steadily opposed the passage of any Gu
ban resolutions, then took the floor. lie
said he never regretted his course and
he thought his attitude had been vindica-
ted by subsequent events. This proceed
ing was a remarkable Illustration of
HOW NOT TO DO IT"
The resolutions had no legal effect. They
amounted to nothing. That had been pro-
claimed in the senate and was well under
stood here. The chairman of the foreign
relations committee in the senate admit
ted that the resolutions when brought
back by the conference committee were
as dead as julius Caesar. They could
never have passed the senate and there
fore the house conferees thought 1t wise
to surrender.
Mr.. Hit denied emphatically that it had
ever been admitted in the senate that
it would have been impossible to pass
them again in that body. 1t was admit
ted that a vote could have been obstruct-
ed but he declared emphatically that there
was in the senate an overwhelming major
ity for each and all of the resolutions.
Mr.. Boutelle continuing, argued that
public ardor on the question had measure
ably cooled and that there was no dem
onstrable proof of the existence of the
fact of Cuban belligerency. He
- TAINTED THE COMMITTEE.
with having refused to make the resolu-
tions joint and insisted that it was clear
~ understood that the president did not
favor belligerency. He did not pretend to
voice the whole public sentiment of the
country but he did represent the conServa-
tive element and deprecated foreign
broils that might eventuate in a foreign
war. He attributed much of the feeling
In the country to the sensationaiism of
the press, which was constantly seeking
pretexts for infaming the public mind.
He deprecated the tales of horrible atroc-
tiles committed by Spain in Cuba, which
had been fetaiied in the country with a
view to firing popular passion. He recall
ed the burning of a negro, bound to a
gridiron in a public square in Texas, an
orgie more horrible than anything that
had occurred in a generation.
Mr.. Grosvenor asked him If that out
rage had not been committed by an in
censed mob.
Certainly" replied MIR. Boutelle, but
the point l am making is that the whole
Spanish people should not be indicted
because somebody is hung or garroted,
under the form of law, any more than the
American people should be indicted for
the act of a mob at Paris, Texas
Mr. RBoutelle created much amuse-
ment by a sarcastic description of the
presidents twist of
THE BRITISH TAIL
in his Venezuelan message. He paint
ed MIR. Cleveland in battle array, with
plumes streaming and sword clanking,
marching down to the seaShore and
shaking his fist at John Bull, crying:
Fee fl fo fun! L smell the blood of
an Englishman.'
-Four days afterward, continued
Mr.. Boutelle. Just as we were pre-
pairing to pack our grips and go home
for our Christmas turkey, this great
warrior, with the plume broken and
spurs tangled in his trousers, dragged
himself up the steps of the capitol and
made his Macedonian appeal, The
treasury's bankrupt, for Gods sake
gentlemen don't go home until you
have given US money enough to tide
over the holidays
That" he said. disgustedly, sis what
you call vigorous foreign policy"
In support of his contention against
the recognition of belligerency, Mr..
Boutelle read from the messages of
General Grant and charged that it was
the boast of the revolutionists that
they had burned and destroyed crops,
fields and villages in order to drive the
people into insurrection. After he con-
cluded, Mr.. Smith. OF Michigan, secured
a. minute in which to read the declara-
ton of the Massachusetts Republican
convention on the Cuban question.
Mr. Skinner Pop), of North Caro-
lima. closed the debate for the day
with a brief speech in favor of the
adoption of the conference report
Without action, at $40 the house took
a recess until o'clock.