The times., 1898-04-17

he has declared he does not believe IN
/ and does not need
/ Mr.. President, this has never occur
/ red here or elsewhere. that the President
/ of the Republic, the nearest approach to
I a ruler representing all executive func-
( tions, shall have another policy put in
[ the place OF what he has announced.
/ Why IS it?
4 Some of US have seen remarkable
T things happen within the last few DAYS.
I we have seen a melting away OF what
/ may be called the conservative forces
Senators, who have been opposed before
Y to recognition. as the safer and wiser
measure. have been day by day falling OF
and joining the ranks of those who pro-
posed to thrust in the face of the Pres
| 1dent another policy than MS 7 have
wondered why it is + have found. how
ever. when / read the morning papers,
the initiation of this matter laid plain
BIames Wr. Bryan
''In a banquet that was given to tina
Honorable William J. Bryan. that gem
tIeman in the eloquent manner. OF which
he is master. said that the insurgents
had earned the right to be free. and Cuba
the right to be recognized on the ground
that our interests were involved
Mr. Hale then declared that reSOiU-
tions were adopted at that meeting de-
cIaring FOR the independence of the Cuban
republic
Now We are told today. continued Mr.
Hale. that the animus and abuse that
has been visited upon the President has
its source in a higher spirit of patriotism
and love OF liberty
Mr.. President, the union that has come
about; an almost complete consolidation
/ Of the Democratic party on this question
/ mad its origin not in a Democratic caucus
/ but in the Democratic symposium given
/ 10 the last Democratic candidate for the
Presidency, and presumably the candi-
4 date for that party on the next occasion.
1T has been declared and repudiated
] that there is any politics in this but
nothing could be palmer than that this ia
a political movement
1T viii not succeed Mr. President. n
/ Will not succeed If war must come its
| conduct will not be in the hands of the
| Democratic party. If war must needs
| come, the country win not turn to the
| Democratic party for that war. That
war will be conducted by-and 7 hope
! and pray for a speedy terminatiou-that
! great soldier and statesman. the Presi-
| dent of the United States The people
will rally 20 him..
Mr.. Gorman
Senator German said. in part: Il have
been prepared to give the President Of
the United States all the power that was
necessary. I note with regret in this
great crisis. in this hour for calm deIiber-
alton. that our Commander-fn-Chief has
been denounced I regret this denuncia-
ton as iniudicious and unwise But. Mr..
President, the matter of politics must
not enter into this question. II IS true
there has grown up a division OF meth
DDS. Personally I believe we have coma
too far. 1 bow to the will of the great
majority of this body who are as patrt-
otic and as honest as I am. But when
war is declared. we are all Americana
we are all Americans now. and we shall
stand together for the honor of the ma
ton and for the flag"
Mr.. Allison said that the resolution was
not what it ought to be. He said that
as soon as the government of Cuba was
worthy of recognition Ii would be reco.-
nized. and that it would be done by ths
President as it clearly was an Executive
function.
Mr.. Aldrich said he hoped that when
the joint resolution came back from tha
conference committee. it would be in
such shape that he could conscientiousIy
indorse it.
Mr. Jones followed Mr.. AIdrich He de-
clared that there were a number of things
that had been overlooked He declared
that there was a general sense OF disap-
pointment at the Presidents message.
which declared that a stable government
should be established in Cuba He said
that there had been an expression by the
i Democrats in the House before the meet
ing referred to by the senator from Maine.
He declared that that senator was trying
TO make political capital out of this
matter.
Mr.. Hoar protested against taking from
the President his executive power, which
had been affirmed from Alexander Ham,
ilton to the senior senator from Alabama
Senator Morgan). The direction given
to the Executive was without all prece-
dent, he said The senator was an equal
and coordinate branch of the Govern
ment. with the Executive and as a mat
ter of courtesy he could not vote for it.
If the republic of Cuba is now free and
independent. the troops of the United
States must be under the command of
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