The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-06
THE QUESTION OF WAR
BELONGS, IN ITS LAST ANALY-
SIS, TO THE CONGRESS.
Denunciation of Administration
Methods, Such As Circulating Pc
titions to Control An Unruly Gen.
gress"-The American People,
Says Turner, Propose to Take War
Into Their Own Hands.

I states ought Immediately to declare
war against Spain and maintain that
war until the people of Cuba are free
from Spanish starvation and cruelty
and the government of the island
firmly established as an independent re-
public"
This utterance by Senator Chandler
of New Hampshire, in carefully pre-
pared statement of his position on the
i Cuban crisis, was the climax of an eX-
tended discussion of the subject, par
ticipated in by several members in the
senate this afternoon.
Speeches had been delivered by Mr..
Turner of Washington, Mr.. Harris of
| Kansas and Mr.. Kenny of Delaware, all
| OF whom took strong grounds for Wig
orous and instant action by the United
States. Indeed, Mr.. Turner took sub
stantially the same position as that of
Mr. Chandler, basing his demand for
action upon the Maine catastrophe.
SCATHING REVIEW.
Profound attention was attracted by
| a speech delivered by Mr.. Turpie of In
diana, one of the members of the for
] eign relations committee. Briefly, but
! scathingly. he reviewed the Spanish
! conduct of Cuban affairs, and declared
l in the strongest terms for Intervention
that would mean something-that
would drive Spain from control of every
! foot of territory in the western hemi-
! sphere. The speech was a clear, con-
/ else statement of the position in which
( this country had been placed by Span
ish ''outrages, insults and crimes"
| AT the conclusion of the speeches on
the Cuban question, the senate resumed
consideration of the sundry civil bill,
the only important progress made be-
ing the adoption in slightly modified
form of the committee amendment sus-
pending the forestry reservation proc
lamation of 1897
Mr.. Gallery of Louisiana presented a
telegram from the commercial bodies
of New Orleans, which he desired to
have read:
PEACE KILOGRAMS
rs this one of the stereotyped teIe-
grams in favor of peace. which we are
receiving at this time?" inquired Mr.
Cockrell of Missouri.
If it were stereotyped, and if such
kilograms were being sent from all
parts of the country" replied Mr.. CAT
fiery. Il should be very glad of it,
Il suppose it is one of the peace tele-
grams" said Mr.. Cockrell. las 1 hold
in my hand one of a similar nature
from the Republican city committee of
Kansas City, Mo-"
Mr.. Plat of Connecticut said that
while he sympathized with the tenor
of the kilograms, he did object to the
insertion of such matters in the record.
TURNER WAR RESOLUTION.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Turner
of Washington. declaring war against
its author took the floor in advocacy
of it.
The speech was brief but was given
the most careful attention by both the
galleries and the senate. The fateful
question of peace or war; he began,
belongs in its last analysis to the con-
gress Of the United States. Believing
in this. I have no apology for the reso-
luton have offered. have the great,
est respect for the president and his
Office, but l have never been one to
bend the pregnant hinges of the knee,
that thrift might follow fawning.'
The time has now arrived when some
expression ought TO be made on this
subject by this nation. y spectacle has
been made of the United States in the
whole matter.
THE DIPLOMAT AT MADRID.
With a diplomatic representative at
Madrid" declared Mr. Turner. com
plicating the business of this country
and defeating even his own frantic eff
forts for peace at any price; with a
private secretary. the ALLEGRO of the
president-circulating appeals through
out the country for petitions and
memorials TO control an unrly and un-
patriotic congress; with the manner in
which the fate of our hattleship was
treated by this country: with the
frantic appeals for delay, it is not
surprising that the American people
-- rfr-oc cd have
that they propose to take the whole
matter into their own hands"
DESTROYED BY PERFIDY.
Discussing the Maine disaster, upon
which Mr.. Turner practically based his
speech he declared that no reasonable
man could fail to realize that the bat
ice and perfdy of Spanish officials.
who, by their action. made their gov
eminent responsible for the crime The
same officials who had laid the mine
had anchored the Maine over IL ard
had exploded it. The act was coward
" and perfidious in the extreme and
constituted warfare Mr.. Turner de-
clared that it was imInaterial whose
was the hand that sent the electric
spark on its fatal mission. Spain was
in every sense responsible for the act
an act that ought properly to be re-
scented by the United States.
From the time Of Alva down to the
time of Weyler. Mr.. Turner declared
the record of Spain had been one of
murder and assassination, brutality
and cruelty, rapine and arson.
A brief but pointed statement of his
position on the Cuban question was
then made by Mr.. Harris of Kansas. |
Mr. Kenny of Delaware. followed |
with a strong appeal for the indepen-
dence Of the Cubans. After a discus !
sion Of the present critical situation. !
he said that if belligerent rights had
been granted to the insurgents two /
years ago. Cuba would now be free, !
and probably untold misery. the hor- !
rors of war and the expenditures OF |
vast treasure would have been avoided. |
CHANDELIERS REMARKS.
Mr.. Chandler of New Hampshire. !
then submitted some remarks.
Spain has surrendered all claims to 1
the forbearance of the United States /
by disregarding all friendly remon- /
strances; by practicing deceit through /
false promises of local government for |
Cuba; by insulting the president of the |
United States and by destroying, |
the explosion of mine, the |
battleship Maine and the lives of $50 |
American sailors while the ship was |
under the protection of Spain.
Spain having thus begun the war, |
the United States ought to accept the |
issue without waiting for the enemy !
TO concentrate all her fleet in American |
waters. We have an army and navy |
equal to the emergency. For no juster /
cause with no better motives, did any
nation ever take up arms. We may
vote for the coming declaration with
clear consciences and hopeful antici-
pations of success, having performed |
a high duty TO humanity. civilization /
and liberty. TO the United States and