The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-19

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basis for a resolution of belligerency?''
Mr. Mason replied that the Senate must
act on it's best information, and when tho
| Spaniard sells his daughter. murders his
boy and conceals the facts, the people
must rely upon American correspondents
to get to the facts. The senator paid a
glowing tribute to these correspondents,
some Of whom had risked Eand given
up their lives to present the facts to the
! American people. He referred to the death
1 of Correspondent Crosby, who fell on the
| field during an engagement.
"And YET suggested Mr.. Gallinger,
| ironically, ''there is no war in Cuba. -
Mr. Mason and Mr.. Wellington had
hot colloquy as to what the latter had said
of the ''paper government" of the Gu
bans, and as to the difference between
the strength of the Cubans and that of
Washington at ALLEY Forge The Illi
nois senator declared that he cared moth
ing as to the forms of the Cuban govern
ment or the location of it's capital for,
| IF it had nothing but the heavens for
SHELTER" then / am for it just the
same.
Mr.. Wellington protested against some
OF Mr.. Mason's statements. He insisted,
he said, on having fairness in this discus
| sion.
II will not be misrepresented on the
floor of the Senate and | will not have
American history perverted even for the
benefit OF the Cuban insurgents" he de-
clared
Mr.. Mason dismissed the protest lightly
and with such ocular manner that the
1 galleries broke into loud laughter.
Proceeding, Mr.. Mason said when
you get at the deep undertone of the
| Christian people of this country, they say
let us have freedom in Cuba. Let the
Spaniards go pack to their own land, and
let us have no slaves upon our continent.
You can call us jingo as long as you like.
You may define Jlngo as often as you
please. Patrick Henry was jingoist ac
cording to the definition of the gentlemen
who are trying to keep the insurgents in
| Cuba. Every man who had rather fight
| than to buy peace at the dishonor of his
wife or his children has been called lingo,
from the early days of the republic until
now. 1 am for liberty, for the independ-
ence of Cuba on a better and broader
ground. l propose better environment,
not for trade or commerce, not for the
extension of territory-and that is the
difference between the ordinary English
| llaWmaker and ourselves. / would not
Iextend our trade one dollar; | would not
Isell one pound of American corn at the
Ipoint of a bayonet. would not steal the
| Islands of Cuba. But, we hesitate because
OF an ancient barnacle known as inter
national law and presidential jurisdic
| tion. -
|
er of former assistant Secretary of State
Rockhill that he had ordered United
States consuls in Cuba to color their re
| ports, and said: 'sHe may deny if he will
| directing the United States consuls to
withhold reports, but he cannot deny and
show the file marks of his office upon the
proposition that we believe to be true,
that for days and months he has been in
his possession of that information and
that 1t has never gone to the executive
until Saturday"
At another point Mr.. Mason exclaimed:
| Mr.. President, if we did not have a
ship in the world and every gun was
mettled into plowshare; If every bayo-
net was buried; if every ship we ever had
was sunk into the middle of the sea, there
is no nation in the world, much less
Spain that would ever dare strike our
colors or invade American soil" Cap
plause'in the galleries.
Referring to the Cuban plank in the
st. Louis PLATFORM he said: "You re-
member how the great hall rang, the
great struggling liberty loving people of
the world said at the last Republican
party was on the high road to success.
Mckinley surel Liberty for Cuba will
come. The Republican party spoke and
from the days of Lincoln to the days of
Mckinley the Republicans have never
stepped backwards yet from one plank of
their platform, and they shall not do it
now,
| rsfWas it not true? In the name of God
and the light of prophesy have you read
the message of Mckinley? Then go back
and read the first chapter of Revelations,
or the last chapter Of Exodus and see
whether in the light of prophecy taking
McKinley's message our splendid Presi
dent and our splendid convention was
not true. Did he not tell you that 5000
| American citizens are starving there? Did
we not tell you in our convention that
| they had SO lost control Of Cuba that they
could not protect American citizens?'
Mr.. Mason's closing words We're as fol-
lows:
"Mr. President, no one fears war, but
if to keep our promises with Cuba and
protect her means war, let 1t come Ii to
protest against the butchery of women
and children means war, let it come. If
to defend the honest daughters of brave
patriots means insult to Spain. and war,
| in the name of God, let it come and come
quickly, for I tell you, whether we speak
or not, the civilization of the Nazarene is
upon us; whether you sleep bound hand
you shall speak like American, brave
men, the mark of Nazarene is upon us,
liberty shall prevail and the island of
Cuba under the providence of God shall
be free.'
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts replied to
Mr.. Mason He referred to the speech
which had preceded as 'sexhuberant ora
tory and said sarcastically that notwith-
standing it, the power of international
law would prevail. The only effect of
recognition would be to give Spain the
right to search our ships at sea and to
take away from American citizens in
Cuba all hope of recompense for injury
done them. He alluded sarcastically to
Mr.. Mason's innocent and youthful ar
dor: Thereupon Mr.. Mason asked him,
will the senator yield for question:
''tSix of them "replied Mr.. Hoar, seem
ingly in an angry mood.
Are you willing to have a vote on this
question, - Mr.. Mason queried.
Il expect to have one" was the an
swer.
! "Win you help to get one?" Mr.. Mason
persisted.
II expect to help to get more intelli-
gent one than some Of the senators seem
) to want" Mr.. Hoar replied.
q Then he proceeded to express surprise
that s'all this great brass band OF talk
about outrages on women and children
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