The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-21


ker, Gallinger, Hansbrough, Harris of
Kansas, Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas,
Jones of Nevada, Kyle, Mantle, Mason,
Mills, Morgan, Pasco. Pettigrew, Pet
tus, Rawlins, Shoup, Stewart, Thurs
ton Tillman, Turner, Turpie, Walthal
So.
Nays-Allison, Burrows, Caffery,
| Fairbanks, Gear, Hale Hanna, HaWley,
Hoar, Mcbride, Pritchard, Spooner,
Wellington, Wetmore, White, Wilson
Is.
The substitute was tabled by the de-
cisive vote Of 35 yeas to Is nays. This
again cleared the way for vote on
the resolution.
Mr. Hale, who has been the recog-
| nized leader of the opposition to the
resolution, arose for a final word of
| protest. He spoke with intense earn
estness and feeling, with tinge of bit
terness in his tones.
1t was evident, he said, that nothing
| now could stay the course of the SEN
ate in passing this resolution. Il be-
lieve," continued Mr.. Hale, that the
passage of this resolution involves the
| United States possibly and fear prob
1 eiDly III wei III Tie ilCctl IlluiC' 1CIA-
ocratic and populistic senators had
stood solidly together, he said, in vot-
| ing down the motion. Here in the
| senate exclaimed Mr.. Hale, "is the
| center of this sentiment which would
| drive the country to the perilous edge
| of war"
Mr.. Gallinger answered Mr. Hale
| saying many reasons had been pre-
| scented against this resolution, but now
| for the first time the senator from
| Maine presented a political one. He
| did not share Mr.. Hale's fears. He re-
| called the platform of st. Louis with it's
| Cuban plank, and on that platform he
| stood, With this declaration and the
sentiment prevailing among the Amer
| lean people, there was no fear of In
curing the disapproval Of the people
or Of the republican party. Wicked
fragrant war was now in progress in
Cuba and all this resolution proposed
was to recognize that condition of war.
AS the senator has expressed his loyal
| ty to his party" .queried Mr.. yelling
ton, chow does he explain the vote just
| given against the substitute, in the
language of the st. Louis PLATFORM"
when I am in battle" responded
Mr.. Gallinger, 81 do not permit the
enemy to furnish the ammunition"
| There was uproarious applause from
the galleries at this response, and the
presiding officer on the suggestion of
Mr.. Hoar, threatened to clear the gal
leries if the demonstration was repeat
! ed.
Mr.. Gallinger added that he would
stand on his individual responsibility
as a republican, and he would esteem
it one of the greatest privileges of his
life to cast his vote for this resolution
in behalf of liberty.
Mr. Thurston declared that the Fair
banks substitute was not in harmony
with the Cuban declaration at st.
Louis.
Mr.. Spooner spoke in opposition to
the resolution on the ground that its
adoption would be an infringement up
on the presidents prerogative. The
democratic senators had, he said,
shown a much greater degree of con-
sideration for Mr.. Cleveland, when he
was president, than they had of Mr..
Mckinley, whose hand, he claimed,
they were trying to force at an unusu-
ally early date in his term.
There was no reason to doubt Mr. Nc
Kinley's loyalty to the republican plat
form or his love of independence. He
had shown himself on the battlefield to
be lover of liberty, and no sentiment
showing him to be otherwise than such
had ever fallen from his lips. Mr..
Spooner urged the impracticability of
legislative interference in recognition of
foreign states. 1t could not, he said
be both a legislative and an executive
function. Congress could not even de-
mand from the executive information
on which it could act intelligently. He
said the passage of the resolution
might be fruitful of dangerous results
and said, in conclusion, that he belev-
ed the American people would be salts
fed to have their affairs managed now
as they had been in the past.
Mr.. German said he would not have
entered into the debate had it not been
for the effort to make a party matter
out of the resolution and to arraign
| those advocating it as aCtuated by mo-
tives unfriendly to the administration.
Not until yesterday, Mr.. German con-
it was for the senate to act. When the
administration officials feared the as
sassination of our consuls in Cuba, and
did not Immediately send one of the
ships of our magnificent fleet at
Hampton Roads, then it was time for
the senate to act. Was there any SEN
ator here, he asked, ready to represent
the administration and to say that
steps had been taken to protect our
officials and our interests against this
threatened violence?
do 1 understand" asked Mr.. Hoar
that the senator supports this resoIu-
ton on the ground of the delinquency
of the PRESIDENT"
Il say" responded Mr.. German
that if the state department contains
information from some of the officials
whose names cannot be given without
endangering their saftey, then the ex-
lecutive is delinquent when he fails to