The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-13

| WHICH they nave IudQc luIOOSh LiAC NC4C
graph or the mail, and he shall have tina
opportunity, unaffected by answers o.
mine. wish here simply TO say that the
president has asked of congress the power
to use the army and navy for the purpose
of establishing in the island Of Cuba an
independent government"
Mr.. LENTz BREAKS IN.
Mr.. Lentz-"Why did ne not say so2"
Mr.. Grosvenor-"WIll my friend from
Ohio try for minute to keep his mouth
shut?"
Mr. Cannon-"Oh, that is impossible. -
| applause and laughter on the Republican
side).
| Mr.. Hanley (Dem.. DEBT want TO
know what you understand the president
to mean by this sentence in his message:
1T involves, however, hostile constraint
upon both the parties to the contest, as
well TO enforce a truce as TO guide the
eventual settlement.
| Mr.. Grosvenor-"You had better go and
ask the president" daughter and ap-
| pIause on the Republican side).
| Mr.. Gaines-"Don't you think you had
better go and see HANNAH" Derisive jeers
| on the Republican side).
Mr.. Grosvenor-''There comes in another
exhibition" Q1aughter).
Now let me re-state my proposition. I
! state that the president of the United
States has asked for the use Of the army
and navy to establish on the island Of
Cuba an independent government, and has
said so in the pyainest kind of English
language. (Cries of where on the Dem
ocratic side).
BY NECESSARY IMPLICATION.
after a great deal of tribulation L am
going to give the gentlemen on the other
side a demonstration of every statement
which make You will find this language
used by the president, and 1 will leave
it to the most acute analytical mind on
the other side to say if that is not a
proposition to establish on the island OF
Cuba a government independent of Spain:
In view of these facts and of these con-
siderations, 1 ask congress TO authorize
and empower the president to take meas
ures to secure a full and final termination
Of hostilities between the government OF
Spain and the people of Cuba, and to
secure in the island the establishment of
a stable government capable Of maintain
ing order and observing its international
obligations
Now I ask any gentleman on the other
side to tell me how government on an
island of any country controlled by
foreign country, as Cuba IS now, can have
a government capable of discharging its
international obligations. What are in
ternational obligations? Do colonies have
international obligations?
did the president understand that
there can be a colonial condition in Cuba
by which there would be international OBJ
legations from that government?
What international act does Canada
do? What international act has any Of
the West India islands ever done? What
representative of this government goes
to Jamaica, Porto Rico, or any island ex-
cept those independent? The very Ian
guage of the president, as understood by
every intelligent man and men of thought,
is that the object and purpose of using
force is to establish a government with
international obligations. So the whole
appeal of che gentleman from Ohio is like
the picture of a painted ship upon
painted ocean. daughter on the Repub-
Hcan side).
1.-THE time is coming very rapidly" said
Mr.. Grosvenor, in conclusion, sit will be
here. I trust, tomorrow, when. under the
guidance of the committee on foreign af-
fairs this house will ltake action, and
will suggest to the gentleman on the
other side that there will be q. decree of
patriotism, a decree of unanimity of pur-
pose, a decree of oneness in action that
will surprise the gentleman when he looks
over the votes that viii be taken here
tomorrow" Great applause on the Re
publican side.
BAILEY CALLS IT AMBIGUOUS.
Mr. Bailey, the Democratic leader, re-
piled to General Grosvenor in a brief
sreech which aroused intense enthusiasm
on the Democratic side.
It was somewhat remarkable, he said.
that the president, in sending to congress
one of the most important messages upon
one of the most exciting questions which
had been before the country in years,
had concluded with a recommendation so
ambiguous that it could be the occasion Of
controversy. Other portions OF the mes
sagge showed that the president was
master OF clear and lucid English, yet,
in presenting his recommendation he had
done so in words that taxed the ingenuity
of the gentleman from Ohio to make clear
what he meant. If the president meang
the freedom and independence of Cuba,
why had he not said so?
Il do not believe" said Mr.. Bailey, that
the president deliberately yelled his mean
ing and in saying that I DO him more
credit than others on this floor. believe
If the president had designed the estab-
lishment OF a free and independent repub-
lie on the island OF Cuba he would have
said so. Why did he say a stable govern
rlent? A stable government and an indie
penNant government are vastly different.
No one doubts that Canada possesses
stable government, but every intelligent
man knows it is not an Independent gov
eminent do not doubt that Spain could
establish a stable government. II could
make desert and call il peace,
NEVER SURVIVE THE ODIUM
NO one could deny" continued Mr.
Bailey. that the president had asked
for authority to send the army and navy
to Cuba 70 restore peace. When our
forces arrived the Spaniards would say:
" We are a. peace: our arms are
stacked: IL is the insurgents VINO are at
war Then the agents OF the president
would be compelled. under the authority
he asks. 10 say 70 the insurgents:
" Stack your arms: retire TO the fields
where you have for three years struggled
with h-e and sword 10 attain your hb-
erty'
Mark NY words" said Mr.. Bailey IN