The herald., 1898-03-30
would forty days have elapsed before war

would forty days have elapsed before wal
began?
"Or suppose each senator had a. son OF
a father there. Do we tell our children the
truth when we say that the life Of every
American citizen is of equal value before
the law? They were not senators-they
We're sailors. Their widows and orphans
cry aloud to us, the silent appeal of 26S
seamen comes to us again and again. say
ing: We are flesh of your flesh, bone OF
your bone and blood Of your blood; we lived
and died for the flag that shields YOU.
What is to be our answer? Shall we an
swer with money?
"Mr President, speak only for myself,
| and I am for war.
| Applause in the galleries.)
| :But gentlemen may say: Don't say
YOU are for war. Say that you are Tor
armed intervention, which means war.
| 81 believe in calling things by their right
name, If we believe that numbering our
men, sinking our ships and lowering our
Hae Is not cause for war, say so ana re-
fer II. as they did the Virginius affair, ana
allow our brothers to be sold like STOCK 1or
| roId If It is a cause for war let US assume
the responsibility put upon US oy the con-
stitution and say, not only to Spaln' put 10
! the whole world. Let US not say one thing
and mean another.
For Gods sake let us not Spanishlze our
| din,omacies. but rather speak the truth
and prove ourselves disciples of James T..
Blaine.
| 1--WE can hide no longer under the execu-
| five wing. He can neither declare war nor
refuse 1t. Congress alone can declare war.
| T for one, am ready to vote now. You
NAV continue to cry peace! peace! but there
can he no peace while Europeans own and
| butcher their slaves on the same continent
where our flag floats.
| "Rut there are those who say that the
| court does not fix the responsibility. 1t
was not necessary. The peace at any price
men cannot escape so. The law fixes the
! responsibility.
1--WE were in Spanish waters and over
snanish soil. The harbor is owned and con-
trolled by Spain. The explosives in that
harbor were owned and controlled by
Spain. Fit was torpedo, it was Spanish
| torpedo. if it was mine it was Spanish
mine. No explosives have been on sale in
Havana for over year to private citizens.
If it was gun cotton, it was Spanish gun
| cOltOnS anu IL ~ "DS ~ NN~>'O'
Spanish dynamite.
"rhe power to explode it was controlled
by Spain. A government acts only through
| its a gents and officers, as much as they con-
trolled the discharge Of their cannon. 1t
was owned located and exploded py Spaln'
and Spain must answer.
ST shall oppose any plan to assist Spain
to place any kind of autonomy on Cuba.
/ IA fr,ctad m keen her nrOm-
Use, and we cannot undertake to compel
| her to.
"Aside from that, poor Cuba has paid a
larger price for liberty than we did, and
she must be free. 1 shall oppose any plan
that looks to forcing Cuba in the future TO
pay Spain in cash for her liberty. Her
land is full of graves, and her future gen.
erations must not be mortgaged
1T is claimed by some that Cuba ought
to be willing to pay Spain's Cuban war
debt Cuba ought to pay for the powder
and lead that killed her people? Pay for
the torches that burned her homes? Pay
the back wages of the Spanish soldiers who
ravished the Cuban wives and daughters?
Never, by any vote Of mine!
Some tell US we must wait for Spanish
elections. If her elections are as rotten as
her diplomacy, we cannot wait. 1t Is
claimed that if we will wait util the Span
ish elections Sagasta will give all conces-
sion. Are we to be fooled twice with the
same trick? Is De LONE SO soon forgot
ten?
Some tell us we are not prepared When
shall we be better prepared? Will 1t be
when the Spanish torpedo flotilla has
crossed the water and rests complacently
on it's base of supplies, within five or siz
hours distance of our fleet?
1--WE know now officially what we have
believed for forty days. Shall we wait unit
she can destroy more of our ships and men,
"God forbid that such a crime be charged
to us!
'Let us awake and shake off the Chinese
narcotic that locks us in drowsy Incidence
: murmuring, Peace at any price,
Awake, as our forfathers did at Concord
and Bunker Hill! Awake to glorious wal
Iagainst nation that burns homes and muir
ders women and children! Awake to glori
out war that seeks no gain for us in treas
ure or territory, but war to drive the op
pressor from the continent, to set the Gu.
ban flag in the sky forever, and war tina
will help US for generations to come, by
giving notice that the honor of our flag ant
the lives of our citizens must be respected
: among the nations of the world!" Gap
plause in the galleries.)
BILLS PASSED
At the conclusion of Mason's speech {
bill providing for national exposition o
American products and manufactures il
Philadelphia, for the encouragement Of the
export trade, and appropriating $4,000
therefor, was passed
Morgan of Alabama presented and Sc
cured the passage Of a resolution calling
upon the president for information as to tn
disposition made of congress appropria
: ton of $4,000 for the relief of American
citizens in Cuba and as to the number O
| American citizens relieved from the fund
In accordance with the order of business
the senate began the consideration of un
objected bills on the pension calendar
Seventy-four private pension bills wer
passed.
At 2:15 p. m. Tillman of South Carolina. IL