The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-03-14

itself through our ministers to all for
eign courts, including Spain.
IF we are pledged in national honor
to anything" said he, 1T is that the
Cubans are not entitled to belligerent
rights under any circumstances.
He read some Of the instructions of
Secretary Seward and quoted the words
of President Wolsey Of Yale college
against granting the right of belliger-
ency, to show that If granted belliger-
ency, it would have to be withdrawn
once the success of the revolution SEEM
ed impossible. He would like to know,
he said, if it was not a matter of great
gravity for As states to declare against
our traditional policy and the state
ment Of that eminent international au-
thority.
evil you," he asked, put the seal Of
your condemnation on the doctrine
which Lincoln and Seward, and later
Grant, stood by in two Of the most i'm.
portant crises Of our history?"
Senator Hoar cited writer's of inter-
national law, showing the elements re-
quisite before a state of war could be
recognized as existing.
Then returning to his personal refer
ence to Senator Sherman, Senator HoaI
added: "As to Senator Sherman, he will
go down in history as one Of the great
men Of the day-along with Lincoln,
Grant Fish and Seward, and his own
illustrious brother-1nen to whom God
in His providence had given the task
of maintaining the government. and I
trust that if my friend (Sherman) has
unguardedly laced himself in position
h cy h r,Cr
We're, with a sponge that illustrious
record Of the past, he will pause in his
course and will prefer to continue with
those great characters he has been as
ISOLATED.
This proposed Cuban resolution had
no binding effect" he went on. "It did
not bind the senate, the house or the
people. 1t was a mere declaration that
this means nothing The committee
in reporting it should have added the
prOvisO that it is to be distinctly un-
derstood that this is a Pickwickian
resolution without force Or vigor or po-
tency or meaning. In offering this res
olution we had not dared to tell Spain
that we recognized the insurgents; we
had not dared to give the president au-
thOr1ty to take decisive action. 1t was
merely a mooted debate to allow SEN
atOrs to see who could make the most
eloquent and fiery speech
Here Senator Hoar related story
showing that public excitement did
not always bring serious results. APP
plying this to the local situation the
senator said that if we see great
crowd gathered about the navy yard
and much excitement prevailing it does
not mean we are going to have war,
but an election is going on.
The laughter had hardly subsidized
when Senator Hoar added: "And so it
is with this resolution from the COM
mittee. After all it may not mean war,
but that presidential election is ap-
preaching
was adopted and any American maker
Of arms sold arms to Cubans he could
be indicted for a breach of the neutral
ity laws and would have no defense in
the resolution recognizing the Cubans
as belligerents.
EulOgy of Oiney.
At this point Senator Hoar created
stir by an unexpected eulogy of Secre-
tary Olney. The senator led up to this
by referring to the constant meddling
of congress with foreign questions. He
referred to the Venezuelan question, in
which, however, the course of congress
had been temperate. But if it had been
found that the president was conduct
ing negotiations with Great Britain on
that subject then it would have been
well for the press and the public and
the senate to let it alone and allow the
negotiations to proceed through the