The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-18

| discretion and under the direction of the
Eresldent of the United States in purchas-
| Ing ana furnishing food clothing ana med
lcines to such citizens and for transporting
| 10 the United States such of them as so
/ port themselves
| Mr.. Davis asked for immediate considera-
| ton OF the resolution, and there was no OBJ
! lection The only speech made was that OF
! Mr.. Gallinger. who spoke briefly. He said
| he had been impressed at the great mass
! meeting attended by three thousand per-
| sons yesterday with the statement made
| there by a correspondent who had Travelled
| through the stricken district of Cuba. This
| gentleman had stated that there was an
! abundance of food in Cuba and that 1t was
| needless to give relief in that direction
ne iedl lIoupIS, ne salu, was tIdI lne u
! pans We're herded in towns and prevented
| from going out to get the food. The most
| effective way, Mr.. Gallinger said, would be
a demand by the President and the govern
! ment that the Cubans be released from
! their bondage in the towns and permitted 10
| go where they could secure food. The sena-
| tor was ready to assume his share OF re-
| sponsibility for such step. Still, II the
| resolution gave some measure of RELIEF, he
the other plan of relief he had suggested.
| The resolution was then put on its passage,
and, without division it passed unanimous
ly, there being no response to the call for
nays. 1t had taken exactly eighteen min
utes from the reading of the message, the
presentation of the committee report the
brief speeches and the final passage OF the
resolution.
THE MORGAN RESOLUTION.
Promptly at o'clock the Morgan Cuban
resolution was taken up. At that time the
galleries were filled to overflowing, as the
the relief resolution, passed at the outset.
The Morgan resolution declares that con-
dition Of public war exists in Cuba and
that strict neutrality shall be maintained
by the United States. Mr.. Morgan stated
that unless some senator desired to speak
he would ask a yea and nay vote on the
pending motion Of Mr.. Hale to refer the
resolution to the committee on foreign re-
lationS.
Mr.. Hale suggested the absence of a quo
rum, and a cau, after some delay, brought
forty-six senator's, just quorum, TO the
Senate.
The vote was about to be taken when Mr..
Wellington (Rep, Md arose for his
maiden speech, which proved to be Vlg-
orous protest against the resolution and
plea for its reference to the committee on
foreign relations. He said that while a
resolution of belligerency might not be seri-
Gus, yet the Senate should pause and con-
slider the serious results that might follow
such a declaration. new administration
had just come into power, he said. Back
of it stretched four years OF depression
and disaster. Capital had been in hiding or
had sacrificed its principal as well as its
returns. Back of us stretched four years
of idleness. The Republican party had
come into power on certain propositions.
quate tariff bill, He believed the first duty
of Congress was to the American people,
rather than to the Cubans and Greeks.
The policy pursued by the late admins
tration and by Grover Cleveland meets my
approval" declared Mr.. Wellington, "and,
as Republican, l am prepared to say
that Grover Cleveland did his duty in refus-
ing to rush headlong into a radical Cuban
policy, This resolution is defiance of
Spain" he said. You may say Spain is
weak power and that can annihilate her
in thirty minutes. Are you ready for war?
DO the American people want war? l do
not believe it. Until you are ready for war
QO not take steps which will involve war;
Mr.. Pettus, of Alabama, was on his feet
as Mr.. Wellington closed, and inquired:
jingoes, let me ask who are the jngoes
and what are the jingoeS?" There was
laughter and loud hand-clapping in the gal
leries on this query, evidently because the
question was aimed against the opposition
TO the resolution.
''The senator needs no information from
me to who are the jingoes," responded
Mr.. wellington. 1T is the spirit that would
drag our country into war with Spain; it is
the spirit that would draw US into contro-
versy with every country of Europe and
friends.
Mr.. Stewart of Nevada, spoke briefly, re-
marking that it was strange to hear this
Endorsement of the last administration
from Republican senator.
Il do not indorse the last administra-
tion, interrupted Mr.. Wellington, except
where foreign affairs are concerned"
STEWARDS VIEW OF MCKINLEY.
Mr.. Stewart went on say that he could
see no difference between the Mckinley
administration and the Cleveland admins
tration on foreign questions. The only diff
ference between the two administrations,
he said, was one of persons. Mr.. McKin-
ley is a very pleasant gentleman" added
Mr. Stewart, amid laughter II do not in-
tend to draw comparisons, but / merely
say that Mr. Mckinley is a very pleasant
gentleman Mr.. Stewart argued for the
rae oIt,fsO - -.
of the American people who wanted no
more of the Cleveland policy on Cuba.
Mr.. Daniel, of Virginia, replied in a sar-
castle vein to some of Mr.. Wellington's re-
marks and then read carefully prepared
manuscript involving the legal points in
the recognition of belligerency. After con-
Guiding his legal argument, Mr.. Daniels
branched to the general subject of Cuba
and aroused the keeneSt attention by his
vigorous words: The diplomacy of Spain
had succeeded for two and one-half years
he said, in binding American diplomacy
into the belief that war did not exist in
Cuba. But the world knew that war ,ex-
listed there, high handed red-handed,
bloody, cruel war. 1t is a war in which
Spain employs more troops than England
employed in seeking to put down the Ameri-
can Revolution And yet senators were met
with the statement that a recognition of
state of war in Cuba would be inimical to
Spain. He denied that the recognition of
an existing fact could be construed as
hostile act, but in any event the fact should
be recognized and the great influence of
of civilized and Christian usage 1t might
subject some American vessels to search,
but this would be small matter compared
with the results achieved 1t might give
Spain a right to blockade Cuba, but in that
Spain would suffer more than the United
States. 1T is said this means war con-
tinued Mr.. Daniel. Il deny this. If Spain
declares war against us because we recog-
nze the belligerency of her former sub
jects, who had carried on q war for two
and one-half years she would have un-
just cause of complaint for war against
plaint for war against her. do not wish
to see the American people involved in
war. [ look upon war as one of the great
est calamities that can befall a people. But
it Is a greater calamity for the high pub
lie spirit of a great nation to be so dead
arson and pillage with indifference and the
public spirit of that nation to be so dead
as to delay one instant in doing an act
of justice because of fear of war"
At the close of Mr.. Daniels speech Mr..
Mason, of Illinois, secured the floor and
will speak when the resolution is taken up
at o'clock tomorrow.
BILLS PASSED.
During the session bills were passed as
follows: Appropriating 100000 for a public
building at Salt Lake City. Utah; confer
ring Jurisdiction on the Court of Claims in
the case of book agents of the NJ. e.
Church South against the United States;
appropriating 100000 for a public building
at Abilene, Tex, and like amount for ABB
erdeen N d.
The Allen resolution as to Broker Chap
man was laid on the table after a report
thar If was learned that he had made no