The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-12


great increase in our territory and the
growing danger of sudden popular re-
vulsions make the change now desir-
able.
Sixth-Thereby the business interests
of the country will be saved from such
frequent disturbances, and the time
and expense incident to campaigns Will
be proportionately reduced.
Seventh-Merely lengthening the
terms of representatives to three years,
laws will be better considered and will
have a longer and fairer trial before
their friends go out of power in con-
gress.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
Mr.. Proctor moved that the resolution
be referred to the committee on privi-
leges and elections, but as Mr.. Stewart
(Pop., Nev) desired to speak on the
subject the resolution was permitted
to lie on the table.
MILLS JOINT RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Mills Oem., Tex.) addressed the
senate in support of the joint resolu-
ton introduced by him last Thursday,
which is in these words:
THAT the eXpediency of recognizing the
independence of a foreign government be-
longs to congress and when congress shall
so determine the executive should act in
harmony with the legislative department
10 the government.
That the independence Of the repub-
lie Of Cuba ought to be and hereby is
recognized. and the sum of ten thousand
dollars Is hereby appropriated for salary
and expenses of a minister TO that gov
ernment whenever such minisater shall
be appointed by the president"
MILLS ON CUBA.
Mr. Mills began his speech on the Gu
ban matter at 1870 y. m. with thirteen
Democratic senators and six Republicans
! IN their seats. He spoke without notes, in
the high keyed voice ma tural to him and
which It is so difficult to maintain in
/ long continued address.
The public galleries were about half
/ filed.
Mr.. Mills said: On the 18th of December
! last. the senate committee on foreign re-
/ lationS agreed to report joint resou-
! ton recognizing the independence of the
/ republic of Cuba. on the morning of the
! 18th. statement was made by authority
/ of the secretary of state challenging the
authority of congress to deal with that
| question. | propose to meet this conten-
J ton. 1t is an extraordinary contention,
! and this is the second time in the his
! tory of the republic that il has been pre-
scented. When ii was first presented. it
! was met with Il signal rebuke and I
doubt moi that it viii meet with the
same rebuke now. Where the distinguished
secretary of state obtains his authority l
! do not know"
! The senator eoitomized the course of
affairs which led uD to the recognition
! of the Spanish-American colonies by
/ ject was left TO the discretion of con-
/ press. He also gave history of the rec
OgnitiOn of the republic of Texas. in
which President Jackson co-operated
/ with congress.
Mr.. Gray DemocraO. Delaware. read
an additional sentence from the message
of President Jackson in relation to Texas
! in these words: In this view. on the
/ ground of exDediency, | am disposed to
/ concur. and I do not. therefore. consider
! it necessary to express any opinion as
! to the strict constitutional rlSht Oh the
Mr.. Mills-The first sentence embraced
the whole text that it was a question of
! eXDedien, Y Mr.. Mills proceeded with his
! argument and referred to the resolution
! offered in. the senate by Robert }.
] Walker, then a senator from Mississippi,
I for the recognition OF Texas.
Mr. Hale Rep.l. Maine asked Mr. Mills
! whether that resolution contained an as
/ sertion Of the Independence of the re
public of Texas. or whether it was only
an expression of opinion that it should
/ be recognized.
MILLS DEMONSTRATES.
Mr.. Mills demonstrated against inter
ruptions. which interfered with the trend
4 of his argument. He said that he would
not stop to discuss the question of taste
on the part of the secretary of state. in
declaring to the world that congress had
! no authority to do what was proposed,
and that if congress did so it would pro-
duce disaster.
Mr.. Morgan Oem0. Alabama--On the
question of taste, have you examined the
/ report of Henry Winter Davis from the
house committee on foreign affairs in re-
gard to the establishment of monarchy
in Mexico?
Mr. Mills said he had got that report
before him, and would refer to it. He
recalled the instructions given by Mr..
! CLAYTON. secretary of state under PreSi-
| on the Hungarian revolution in 1913. One
of the sentences in these instructions
read:
SHOULD the new government prove to
be firm and stable, the president will
| cheerfully recommend TO congress the
recognition of Hungary"
Mr.. Mills also recalled the resolution
adopted unanimously by the house of
representatives. denying the action of
Secretary Seward instructing Mr.. Day
ton, United States minister to France,
that the administration of Mr.. Lincoln
did not propose to abandon its policy in
reference to the French army in Mexico:
and he read extracts from the report of
| Henry Winter Davis condemnng that
assumption of Mr. Seward as equally
! novel and intolerable.
That report. he said, had been voted
for by Mr.. Morrill,, now senator from Yer
mont. and by Mr.. Allison, the now sen
ator from Iowa and soon to be-if public
rumor was TO be believed-secretary of
state himself and more capable one. Mr..
Mills added, cannot be found within the
United States.
CRITICIZES CLEVELAND.
Mr. Mills went on to criticize the presi-
dent for declining to recognize the republic
of Cuba because it had no cities or
towns or courts, and did not collect
taxes: and he said that the report of
Mr.. Money of Mississippi, showed that
the Cubans collect taxes from Captain
General Weyler himself. There was a
government there, and in full operation,
and yet the president says that the
time has not come for recognition. al
though two-thirds of the territory of
Cuba is in the hands of the insurgents.
eff he had said nine-tenths" Mr. Mills
added. ''he would have been more cor
rect"
The whole course of the president and
of the administration. said Mr.. Mills had
been to strengthen the power of Spain,
and to hasten the hour for the destruc-
ton of the inSurrection in Cuba Il do
not know where the president got the
idea that the recognition of belligerency
is no longer urged.
ut may be possible he added. with a
most scornful expression, that boards OF
trade. the stock exchanges, the COM
mercial clubs in the great exporting
cities on the Atlantic seaboard. and in
the northwest have access to his ear, and
give him that information. They say
business is just reviVing and now you
are going TO destroy it again. You want
to bring on war. What have we got to
do with Cuba? We are making money
now. Let us alone 1t is this mercantile
spirit in the country that is fighting
against its honor. The president speaks
in his message of what we owe to Spain
NO DUTY TO DESPOTS.
eve owe no duty to despots, except
under treaties: and Spain has persist
entity refused to comply with its treaty