The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-20
one found in insurrection on the high
seas.
Did not the federal government seek
to do this in 1S64?'' said Mr.. Hale.
GOD FORBID.

D1d not the federdl government seek
to do this in 1882" said Mr.. Hale.
GOD FORBID.
God forbid that that be true" an
swered Mr.. Gray.
Mr.. Hale said the federal order was
not carried out.
why was it not carried out?" asked
Mr.. Morgan, rising quickly.
ct could not be" answered Mr..
Hale
mo, you did not dare to attempt it,"
said Mr.. Morgan.
Mr.: Chiffon (Dem. Texas followed
Mr.. Gray in support ola proper recog-
milton of Cuban belligerency, express
ing his preference for a joint resolu-
ton. He said there was some ques-
ton as to whether the Cubans had
made sufficient Roadway to entitle them
to be recognized but he thought they
had He insisted however. that the
resolution should be in the joint form,
which would make it responsible in
character, and it should be temperate
in tone. It appeared, however, that
temperate utteranceS were not in ac-
cordance with the popular demand and
1t appeared that congress was attempt
ing to meet this demand. He had no
objection to the senate resolution, ex-
cept that it was concurrent and not
joint in FORM
Mr.. Chiffon criticized the Cameron
amendment to the foreign relations
committee resolutions, saying that the
mediation for independence pro-
vided for in that amendment
WAS INCOMPATIBLE
with the idea conveyed by it, Strong,
however, as was this declaration, the
house had gone step further and had
adopted resolutions which the senate
was now asked to accept breathing
the language of hostility and every
where spoken as likely to result in
war. He though the popularity of the
resolution was due to the fact it was
liable to this result And what, he
asked, was to be gained by war
with Spain? He had no doubt that in
the event of such a war the United
States would, in the end, succeed, but
II would be only after a prolonged
strife and the loss of much money, the
destruction of commerce, and the
death of many brave Americans The
result would be an increase of the
bonded debt. Others might be willing
to take the chances in war, but he
had seen enough of the effects of the
war since 1868 to convince him that the
poor were great sufferers from war
IT we want to go to war why not make
it on Russia in the interest of exiles in
Siberia, or on Turkey, in the interest
of Christian Armenia.
Mr. Chiffon said congress should be-
ware of raising
ANOTHER RACE ISSUE,
as would come with the acquisition of
Cuba. The senator spoke vigorously
IN closing, in favor of giving atten-
ton to our affairs at home before
starting on a crusade abroad
Mr.. Caffery Den.), of Louisiana, op-
posed the resolutions on the ground
that no reliable evidence of war was
at hand. He regarded it as remark
able that the senate should be asked
to pass on this grave question without
scintilla Of evidence presented from a
committee The senator argued that
the power of recognizing belligerents
resided exclusively with the president.
International law was fixed and
rigid, and would not give way to the
laws of humanity. If the United
States did not hold to the recognized
rules of international law it would be-
come excluded from the sisterhoods Of
nations. Mr.. Caffery had not concluded
when. at 4 o'clock. the senate adj
Journed until tomorrow