The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-21
'SPE '+SSPEECHFOR CUBA
.or Mason Says Bayonets as
II as Bread Should Be Sent.
SCE AUDIENCE WAS PRESENT.

Member of the Senate Was In
when the IllinOisan Made His
s. ery Grafton, and He Was Listen
cd to With Rapt Attention.
+. shington. May Ex-senator Mason
red a fiery address on Cuba when
4 organ belligerency resolution was
1 up.
had been previously advertised as
he combination of senators
sd TO prevent action or prolonged
ssion until a vote can be reached
y resolutions.
anticipation of something sensa-
the galleries were full, and near
serv senator in town was in his
|ator Mason made the point that
bresident's relief message was a
hilton by the highest authority in
Knitted States that a state of war
Ia in Cuba and that it was the
of congress to still further en-
re the presidential declaration.
Mason read President McKin-
message to prove that state of
exists in Cuba.
there is not war;" he said, then
! ought to be with u.s."
+. said the Americans in Cuba need
II be defended with bayonets as
f as with bread.
ia referred to Senator Wellington's
kence to our Indebtedness to Eng
and said that he, too, acknowl-
Ia the Indebtedness.
efers to Arbitration Treaty Defeat.
hank Cod" he exclaimed, I'VE set
small part of it at Bunker Hill.
|ther part of it we settled here in
Senate two weeks ago"
Bis latter remark was directed at
defeat of the arbitration treaty and
the first public reference to it in
senate.
snator Mason later on said d."
|eoy horrifying the dignified senate
shocking the proprieties.
vas the cause of a tilt between
htors wellington and Mason. The
Fylander disputed the statement by
bon that at the time Washington
at Valley Forge the Colonial gov
hent was not worth any more than
hat of Cuba today.
[ason reiterated his statement and
Jared that on the occasion referred
the Colonial government wasn't
rth continental damn"
his irreverence threw Wellington
white heat, and he vigorously de-
need the utterance as a Justification
history.
he dialogue between the new sena-
aroused eager interest. The sena-
from Illinois gave all the entertain
BIT expected of him, and the yelling
ian Interruptions only added zest to
performance.
hen Mr. Mason read from reports
I to the senate by the committee on
elgn relations in support of his state
nt that Cuban government exists.
Mr.. wellington was elected on the
tform of independence for Cuba" he
l. 80 was I. So was Mr.. McKin-
And I am here to stand by it so
9 as continue on the payroll"
A Popular Feeling For Cuba.
e said that during the last campaign
had felt the pulse of thousands of
pie and was satisfied there was a
p general interest among the people
the interest of Cuban freedom.
e was for Cuba, not for commercial
sons or for the acquisition of terri
Y after the. English fashion, but for
ter reasons.
IT. Mason predicted that this coun-
would yet develop a Lafayette for
"a.
peaking of the newspaper reports of
Cuban war, Mr.. Mason defended
m as in the main correct. He said
50 per cent of the men who had
e to Cuba to write Of the war had
their lives.
e proposed TO vote on the resolution
ev~h Gil SulIllilcI. OuDd was pOPu-
at ST. Louis when the party wanted
es, and he appealed to Republican
ators to stand by the declaration.
II. Mason said he did not believe the
ption of the resolution meant war;
, if an honest protest meant war, let
ONE.
e was followed by Mr.. Hoar of Mas
husetts in opposition to the resolu-
l. who counseled temperate action.
r. Eoar spoke in his usual calm and
nitied style, and took occasion to de-
bunoomb appeals to constituents
braggadocio as to our national
'ngth. Mr.. Hoar's criticisms, al
ugh impersonal, were clearly aimed
Mr.. Mason. Senators Gallinger of
v Hampshire and Hawley of Con-
ueut also spoke, the former for the
'lutionand the latter urging that the
led States should not rush into war
lie our coast defenses are manifestly
aequate No final action on the res
tlon was taken.