The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-11
The Prnceedinr..

Mr.. Aldrich (Rep), Rhode Island, it
was agreed that when the senate ad-
journ today it b. until Monday.
A bill to authorize the judges of
United States district courts to ap-
point stenographers, was introduced
by Mr.. Allen (Pop). Nebraska. and
was referred TO the judiciary commit
tee.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Her
man (Rep0, Ohio, and was adopted,
for the appointment OF three senators
TO make the necessary arrangements
for the inauguration of the president
elect on the 4th of March next.
CULLOM ON CUBA.
AT the close of the morning business.
Mr.. Cullom addressed the senate on the
subject of Cuban independence He
prefaced his speech with the introduce
ton of a Joint resolution declaring that
THE extinction of Spanish title and
the termination of Spanish control in
the islands at the gateway of the Gulf
of Mexico are necessary to the welfare
of those islands and of the people of
the United States
Mr.. Cullom, after q brief reference
to the presidents message in regard
to the island of Cuba. said:
We are already placed in such po-
sition that some certain course of ac-
ton must be adopted. Whatever
course it may be, ii must be such as
shall give proper recognition to the
rights under existing conditions, be-
longing respectively TO Spain and
Cuba. 1t must also recognize the
rights and prerogatives of the world
at large-of the nations and the people
who stand alOof and watch, with deep
est interest, this struggle for independ
ence and for liberty against abso-
lutisn; and not the least of the re-
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ton is the conservation of our own
rights and interests In fact. this lat
ter is the determining factor which
must control our course.
while / am not disposed to criticise
President Cleveland, I may properly
say that I had hoped he would find
occasion to give more positive or en-
phatic expression of the true American
continental policy, which ought to be
invoked in all cases where the liberty
and independence of any of the peo-
pies of the American continent are in
Volved; and, further, l think we ought
never to hesitate or delay when the
lines of this policy run parallel and
coincident with those of common hui
mainly There may be no warrant in
international law for any interference
between a government and its sub
jects. provided that government be-
longs to the family of nations, or is
recognized as one of the powers of the
earth. Still, does not the great heart
of humanity beat in sympathy with
the poor souls apparently forgotten by
the Master and lei to bear the bur-
dens of cruel and relentless oppression?
Is there no way, no light, no hope?
Must the brutality of might alone de-
fine the offense and mete out the pen
atty with no human power to whom
intercession may be made?"
Having sketched the career of the
former Spanish-American colonies, Mr..
Cullom went on:
FEEBLE OLD MOTHER COUNTRY.
while all the provinces which have
rebelled and separated from Spain
have become prosperous and fairly well
conditioned independent countries the
feeble old mother country has grad
ually fallen into lower and lower es-
tate, depending and almost relying for
existence upon the stolen gold levied
upon Cuba. Puerto Rico and the Phil
lppine Islands. Spain continues to be
what she has always been-a robber
nation. I speak now of the nation,
ana not OF her people.
1--WE violated every precedent by the
declaration of our own independence on
July 4, 1776 We had no precedent, nor
did we even ask for advice as to the
change in 1888 from a confederation
20 a union of states. When we an
bounced the Monroe doctrine in 1923
t was in defiance of precedent and
vas the determination of a rule which
aas become a law and will never be
Tainsaid.
when we announced, not many
ponths ago, that we should intervene
n the matter of the Venezuela bound
Try, and see for ourselves if our rights
we're to be concluded by foreign die
alton, we followed no precedent but
hat OF good American common sense.
And common sense has won.