The news & observer., 1896-12-11
Senator Cuuom Bitterly At
taclxs Snain and Her Title
&c FOLLOWED BY Mr.. GALL
spain Still a Robber Nation as
She Has Always Been.
mR. Lopogs IMMIGRATION Bill
.,..,,,;orantS Over "a Years Old Must
paaa ard Write Their Own Ian
guage and at Least Five lines
of Our Constitution.
of Our Constitution

Of Our Constitution.
w.ss,nrton. 70. e.. Dec. 1o--The Sep-
- y, into the regular channel Of eusi-
~ess to-aay, taking up the immisrat,on
hsn ana partly perfecting It. ana "ls'
s,ss~;rr flef first of the speeches On 1nu'''
- 81 Nsr tvullar and Mr.. Call. Inc
ssS.,ossss,,, "a nat through the immlSfa-
49, ssss .-as shown by the defeat Of a mo-
ss,s q. sYr t2lhsou. Of Maryland, 70 posi-
s.s,e, tae measure until after the Mondays.
arls thsrfeen votes. all Democrats, wets
,-;rs,, s, favor of the postnonement. hS
,,ro,oSsfion served to involve Messts.
1vhan,lger. Lodge and Gibson I'D seNera
colleouies. The merits Of the lmnlsFa
$;an question were discussed in genera
x,-av IA several proposed amendments
Mr. Vest and Mr.. Palmer suggesting lilae
I;rnits should be placed on the restrietiolls
.-.h;I. NJ lodge and Mr.. Chandler urged
49, ,ba restrictions be sweeping in char
.ctar The bill was not passed up 70 the
4;,,,o of adjournment. but the Senate
agraad 10 what is generally known as the
To5ga hill as a substitute to the House
,oaasnre The substitute requires that aii
;namiara,ts over the age OF Ii years shah
ha able to read and write their natlFe
language, and shall be required 70 READ
and write in the presence or Ohileo
States official at least five lines OF the
United States constitution.
The coming inauguration OF Mr. Me-
Kinley was foreshadowed IN q resoluuon
offered by Mr. Sherman tRep., Ohiol, ana
agreed to- providing for committee OIL
three Senators to be named by the pre-
siding officer to make necessary arrange
ments for the inauguration of the Presi-
dent-elect
Mr. Cullom, (Rep Illinoisl, was then re-
cognized for a speech on the Cuban ques-
lion. Of which he had given notice The
nnbIic interest in the question was eyi-
denced 10y full attendance IN the pubic
galleries None of the foreign represen-
tatives were in the gallery reserved for
them. Mr. Sherman, MIR. Hear, MIR
Mills. and others, who have been promi-
nentlv identified with the Cuban subject
gave close attention. Mr.. Cullom was
in vigorous voice, which added emphasis
to the plain words employed in arraign-
ing Spain The Senator preceded his
speech with this resolution:
RESOLVED by the StEate and House Of
Representatives, That the extinction Of
Spanish title and the termination of
Spanish control Of the islands at the gate
way of the Gulf of Mexico are necessary
to the welfare of those islands and to the
people of the United States
After historical reference to Spanish
cruelty in America Mr.. Cullom said:
'sWhile all the provinces which have
rebelled and separated from Spain have,
as / have shown, become prosperous and
fairly we'll conditioned, independent
countries, the feeble old mother country
has gradually fallen into a lower and
lower estate, depending and almost rely
ing for existence upon the stolen gold
levied upon Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the
Philippine islands. Spain continues to
be what she always has been-a robber
nation. / am speaking now Of the ma
tion and not Of her people.
"If we wait for precedent we shall wait
for ever. IL precedent is needed we.
shall make one. We violated every pre-
cedent by the declaration of our own in
dependence on July A, 1776. We had no
precedent, nor did we even ask for ad-
vice as to the change in 1883 from
confederation to a union Of States. When
we announced the Monroe doctrine IN
1923, 1t was a defiance of precedent and
was the determination Of q rule which
has become a law and will never be gain
said When we announced not many
months ago that we should intervene in
the matter of Venezuelan boundary and
for ourselves if our rights were to be con-
cluded by foreign dictation, we followed
no precedent, but that OF good American
common sense. And common sense has
won"
Continuing, Senator Collum declared
that the government of Cuba by Spain
was merely tyranny, that Cuba had al
ready attained condition emitting her
to be free, that the American people
warmly sympathized with the struggling
patriots and were anxious to extend
helping hand. He said Spain had al
ready wasted over hundred millions
in the vain endeavor to put down the re-
volt. 1t was not the policy of the United
States, he said, to annex Cuba, but TO
secure TO the stricken islands, the ina
lienable right of self government, a
principle which distinguished the western
hemisphere from the rest of the world.
Dir. Call, democrat, Fla.), followed
Mr.. Cullom, addressing himself to his
resolution introduced yesterday for the |
recognition Of Cuban Independence.
Mr.. Cali began by having the clerk |
read several Official communications. One
by United States Consul Brice, Of Ma
tanzas, Cuba to assistant Secretary Of
State Rockhill stated that the military
governor had turn over Oscar Cespidas
to the civil authorities, making profnsa
apologies in the case The deposition Of
Cespides taken in the Matanzas. jail was
read. I'll recited that he was a native
born citizen Of the United States who
went as a reporter TO Cuba on board the
the Commodore. He was captured while