The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-25

WASHINGTON, March 24.-AIthough
the main Cuban resolutions have been
recommitted to conference, the subject
came up incidentally today on Mr.. Mills
resolution for the forcble occupation of
me island of Cuba in order to aid the
iCubanS in securing local self-goyernment
MI Mills spoke two hours in support of
the resolution. He was unsparing in his
arrangement of General Weyler as an
atrocious scoundrel and villain" and
in his recital of Spains bloody record
IN the old and new worlds. Mr.. Morgan
also spoke briefly in further support of
the Cuban resolutions. Mr.. Mills resolu-
tons went to the calendar after the
speeches.
Legislative appropriation bill, which is
not yet completed.
THE PROCEEDINGS
The displacement of the Cuban resolu-
lions had no apparent effect in diminish
ing the attendance of the senate CALLER
les today, as it was expected Mr.. Mills
resolutions proposing to use the army
and navy in taking possession of Cuba
and holding it until the people had eS
tablished local self-government would
occasion further debate.
The bill passed, amending the law pre-
Scribing the death penalty for Indians
convicted of rape and leaving the pun
Aishment discretionary with the court.
A resolution, offered by Mr.. Hoar, was
adopted, requesting the president to
transmit to the senate all dispatches.
correspondence, etc, from November 5,
1875, to 1878, concerning the pac!ication
of the pending conflict in Cuba.
Mr. Mills was recognized at this point
in support of the Cuban resolution in
troduced by him yesterday. He said the
steps in the right direction, but very
short steps. The people of Cuba had far
greater claims~on the United States than
the mere recognition of belhgerency. II
Ireland struck for liberty today, the
hearts of Americans would beat in SYM
pathy, and so if Poland or Hungary as
serted the right of liberty; but the
United States had
MUCH CLOSER RELATIONS
to Cuba than to Ireland or Poland or
Hungary, for it was a part of the west
tern hemisphere, over which the Monroe
doctrine extended the influence of this
country. Mr.. Mills declared the Monroe
doctrine was law of protection, and as
such God was the author of it. 1t was
the same right of self-protection which
an individual exercises in abating nu1S-
ance or destroying powder house near
his premises. Jefferson had used plain
words in threatening to join England
and sweep the French fleets from the
seas if France persisted in holding the
mouth of the Mississippi river. The same
spirit had brought forth President Cleve-
lands Venezuela message.
Cuba stood as the key to the gulf and
our unvarying policy, said Mr. Mllls, mad
been to resist any transfer OF Cuba to
another monarchy. The United States
had stood by as a jailer, had prevented
Cuba from going to France or England
And, if we insisted on keeping Cuba in
the possession of Spain, was 1T not the
moral obligation of the United States TO
see that Spain gave Cuba falr govern
ment, to see that the hell of
SPANISH DEsPoTIsM
was lifted from the Cuban people?
The day will come said Mr.. Mills, when
the American conscience Will be aroused
to it's guilt in permitting the oppression
of Cuba, and when that consciousness
comes, the American people Will I'LL TINS
chamber with senators who Will stop tnat
oppression. The senator read OF atrocltles
attributed to General Weyler, and added:
This is the work of an atrocious
scoundrel. He could not be in Cuba. today
if the United States. would draw ner
sword How the cheeks of our American
women must be suffused, how cur chill
dren must blush to know that this gov
eminent stands idly by while Spain, with
the keys of her dungeons dangling at
her side, permits such an atroclous VII
lain to raise his hand against defense
less women.
The protection which Spain gave to
Cuba was the protection which the
HAWK GIVES TO THE DOVE.
c,ba cries to MS .eDeliver us from these
monsters" but we stand by meekly, serv-
ing only as Spain jailer. In the senator
own state of Texas they had, he SAID
drunk of the dregs of Spanish Drutallty.
He related the circumstances OF the an
Inhalation of Santa Ana's forces on Texas
soil and reviewed the blOodineSS OF the
Virginius affairs. To the shame OF TINS
government, we had permitted the Vir-
sinil1s atrocity to stand almost without
repa ration For fifty-three people butch-
cred by Spain while rightfully claiming
the protection of the United States, after
a Diplomatic correspondence OF years.
Spain paid $77,000.
Mr. Stewart asked if Spanish bonds
Mr.. Mills replied tha+-there was some
thing beneath the surface; he did not
know what this mysterious force was,
hut he felt that it existed. He dld not
know how far sugar stocks would be
affected by action on the part OF the
PTnited States 1t was asserted that
trade would suffer but Mr.. Mills declared
that hundred billion dollars would De a
small expenditure for the glory of re-
leasing the prisoners on the island of
Pines. 1t was the
DUTY OF THE UNITED STATES
IN nrotect and relieve those people, or
else to say to England or Russia Take
that island and protect its people" Until
we do this, a stock of blood guilt is on
our hands
Referring to the objections coming from
commercial sources, Mr.. Mills quoted the
words of Goldsmith: Honor fails when
commerce long prevails The senator
said he had just received a letter assert
ing that Another fool has turned jingo,'
and asking him why he had not left
jingoism to Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. Chandler.
The letter was signed "a Disguised
Democrat"
Now, ( 1 had the X rays said Mr.
Mills, "s.nd used it in examining the
pocket of the writer of that letter,
would find sugar stock there
The senator closed with the fgurative
picture of Cuba lying like
A CRIPPLE AT OUR GATE
with etended arms and shrunken cheey
crying s'help us; help us
There was ripple of applause as Mr.
Mills closed.
Mr. Morgan followed with further evil