The record-union., 1896-03-03

adopted. He wanted to see Cuba free,
and he believed that, in Gods own time,
Cuba would be free and independent
country. (Applause)
Adams (Rep) of Pennsylvania advo-
Gated the resolutions, and spoke of the
| liberty bell of Independence Hall, Phil
adelphia, echoing among the hills of the
Queen of the Antilles. His own opinion
was that the actual recognition of new
| Government was an executive function.
Sulzer (Dem.) of New York argued
that the Cuban patriots were entitled by
every principle of international law to
belligerent rights. They had stand
| ing army in the field of over 10000 men.
They had made their declaration of in
| dependence similar to the American
declaration, and more justifiable. They
had adopted a Constitution, republican
in form. They had elected President
and Vice-President and a Constitu-
tional Assembly; and they had Minis
try which was competent to-day to
treat and negotiate with any power on
the face of the globe If he had his way,
he would
But before having a chance to say
what he would do if he had his way, Mr..
Sulzer was cut off in the middle of the
sentence by the fall of the Speaker s
gavel and heard a shout of laughter
from all sides of the House and from the
galleries.
The debate on the opposite side of the
question was opened by Turner Oem) }
of Georgia, who commented upon the
fact that the Committee on Foreign
Affairs had not seen fit to report the
facts on which it's recommendations
rest There were no facts presented,
and a pamphlet from the State Depart
ment contained only a dreary record of
mutual outrage, incendiarism and as
sassination. And yet" said he, I'VE
are asked to declare that state of pub
lie war exists on the island of Cuba
AS to the recognition of the Southern
Confederacy by Spain, Turner recalled
the fact that the people of the Confed-
eracy held at the time a region of coun-
try extending from the mouth of the
Potomac to the Rio Grande, and that
It had an army against which the COM
bined legions of Caesar and phalanxes
of Alexander would have been utterly
unavailing. Applause)
what information" Turner asked,
''have we from the gentleman repre-
senting these resolutions on single one
of these important and material ques-
tions? Who is the President of this
sc-called republic? I understand that
he is a citizen of the United States.
And I understand that he is now in the
United States instead of taking his fate
along with the patriots fighting for
freedom. Where is the capital of that
country? How many men have the in
surgents in their army? Who knows
What great battles have they fought
Where are their gallant chieftains who
have met the enemy in the open plain? ?
Instead of war we have had only
stories of conflagration, incendiarism,
dynamite, destruction of property and
assassination.
If / had my way, the first time that
an outrage is committed on any one of
our own citizens in Cuba / would send
our navy to the island. / would send
10000 men to rescue any American citi-
zen from wrong and oppression. And
the question is whether we shall, in the
dark, without information, take a
measure which would affect our friend
ly relations with Spain, and on which
may depend such momentous question
as that of peace and war"
Turner was followed on the oppo-
site side of the question by Smith (Rep)
of Michigan, who expressed his sur
prise that distinguished lawyer like
the gentleman from Georgia would
question the right of the United States
to recognize the belligerency of the in
surgents. AS to the President of the
Cuban Republic being a citizen of the
TTnifod Sfofac Smith a Clya6 T11r-7opy. n
IIcok at the picture of Lafayette on the
wall near him-the picture of one who
God inspired to come to America from
the land of France to help the strug-
Cling colonists. He recalled also the
services of Pulaski and Kosciusko in
the case of American freedom and
asked whether the people of the United
Stats would refuse to give their SYM
pa thy and services to the cause of other
people struggling for their liberties. The
island of Cuba was as large as the State
of New York, and had before it mag
nificent future.
Boutelle (Rep.) of Maine asked Smith
whether the effect of the resolutions
would not be to surrender all claims
against Spain which American citizens
in Cuba had for the destruction of their
property.
Smith denied that the resolutions
would have any such effect In the
course of. his remarks he referred to the
Spanish Inquisition.
''The Spanish inquisition'' Boutelle
repeated in a tone of derision, 81 ask
unanimous consent that the Spanish
inquisition be abolished
Smith remarked that the Spanish in
QUESTION existed to-day in the island
of Cuba, and that the only redress for
the destruction of American property
there would come by driving the Span
iards out of the island. "Spain," he
exclaimed, 'is the greatest tyrant in
the civilized world to-day
Boutelle (Rep.) of Maine opposed the
resolutions. He commenced with the
sarcastic remark that he hardly ex-
pected to convince all the members of
the House that their public duty did not
require them to vote for the resolutions.
He desired, however, to emphasize his
expression of a few days ago, when he
objected to the summary disposition Of
a question of the gravest character
by what ought to be lin the absence of
conservatism in the Senate) the con-
servative body of Congress. He had
at that time disliked exceedingly to
interpose an objection to the PROPOSE
tion made by the Chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and nothing
but a strong sense of public duty would
have impelled him to do So If he needed
any justification, he found it in the fact
that objection was then made to hasty
consideration of the resolutions and had
had at least the effect of having one of
them revised by the Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. That
gentleman had deemed it wise to modi-