The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-10

Cannon said: Il charge now that the
purpose of the administration is in
consonance with the wishes of the
| Spanish bondhoiders, and before peace
| is secured in Cuba security for the
payment of that tremendous debt must
be given by the blood-stained island
That, / say, appears to be the wish of
the administration, and, | may say, of
| Spain.'
/ Referring 10 the resolution as il was
presented when Mr. Mckinley assumed
| the presidency. Mr.. Cannon said IL was
almost an earthly omnipotence which
the president possessed and possesses
/ now. The recognition of the belligerent
| rights of the insurgents would have
| been of immense advantage at any time
/ during the present war. but now such
recognition would absolutely terminate
struggle. Mr.. Cannon thought 1t Pc
culiarly significant that every Spaniard
and every Spanish sympathzer was op-
/ posed to the recognition of the beliger-
/ ency of the Cuban patriots. while every
1 Cuban had maintained from the first
/ that such recognition would be of such
| advantage as to enable them TO wrest
| victory from what otherwise might pos
| itively be defeat. If the chief executive
Of this country had dreamed when he en-
tered upon his duties of the power that
| was to be conferred by his oath upon
him it would scarcely have been possible
| for him to conceive of a greater oppor-
| lu1tty 10 set a people Tree IMAM w Is
| then presented to him. His signature
| to document would now set that peo-
pie free. What Is 1t that stays the hand
! of Mckinley? We have waited long,
| but our waiting has been in vain, our
cup of waiting is now full.
a sensational interruption of Mr. Can
non occurred. There was buzz of con-
versation among the spectators--mem-
hers of the house of representatives, who
| lined the inner walls of the senate
chamber-when Mr.. Hale of Maine ad-
dressed the vice president. He eX-
pressed the hope that order might be
preserved and the rules of the senate
strictly observed. Just as the Interrupt
ton occurred Mr.. Cannon had made the
statement that every rife in the hands
OF the Cuban patriots had cost them
5000. After quiet had been restored.
Mr.. Cannon, whose face was as white
as paper, and who was evidently pain
fully affected by his emotion, said; Il
do not ordinarily object to remarks of
denial concerning statements which l
have make on this floor. However, to a
statement which / just made the audi
BILE comment was added that it was
lie. | care less. Mr.. President for the
remark than for the spirit which actu-
ated it, / realize it as a solemn truth
that the Cuban patriots have paid 5000
for every rifle they have in their army.
These arms have come from the United
company and every filibustering expedi-
tion which has landed munitions of war
upon the island of Cuba has taken its
TOLL
The remark which Mr. Cannon re-
ferred TO came from a member of the
house who was talking to another men,
her just behind the senator's chair. Mr.
Cannon said that the present policy was
to hold the Gubans while Spain outraged
and pillaged the island
Il believe that one strong. brave word
spoken in time will absolutely free Cuba.
and / am firmly of the belief that the
result Of such a word would not be war
between the United States and SPAIN
Mr.. Hale followed Mr. Cannon with a
motion TO refer the Cannon resolution
TO the committee on foreign relations.
and with a speech deprecatory of the
policy of a congressional declaration on
the Cuban question and in support of the
course of the administration on that
question. The Cannon and Mason reso-
lutions We're intended to put the ad-
ministration in leading strings as 10 its
policy toward Cuba. They assumed
that the country cannot wait upon the
executive, but intended to drive the adj
ministration into course fraught with
danger, and one which may involve the
country in a conflict with a now friendly
power
Mr.. Hale also discussed the policy In
matte appropriation bill which had
been offered by Mr.. Allen. This amend
ment provides for the recognition of
Cuban belligereney Taking up the pol
icy OF the administration, Mr.. Hale said
it had been clearly outlined in the presl-
dents first message. The statement of
policy was then made, he said, most
clear and conclusive. The president had
laid down the chart of his conduct as to
belligerency and had said that he
would act II occasion should demand
action on his part
AS "A matter of fact the administra-
tion had acted most effectivety, aud
one of its acts had been in refutatiou
OF Mr.. Cannon's assertions that there
were many American citizens impris-
oned in Cuba. Since the writing uf the
message, the president had taken sl4cn
course as 70 secure the release of all
American citizens in Cuban jaiis,
and there was none now left In duranee
In that country. But that was only
one of the many accomplishments of
the administration in this field. The
president had made an appeal for
benefactions and had secured the
opening of the doors for the introduce
tion of the aid of our people. Furth-
ermore, the commanding man whose
barbofonS treatment had rendered him
unpopular. had been removed at the
presidents instance. Still another re-
suit was the esta blishment of auton-
omy which was a charter of human
liberties, broader than is maintained
anywhere on the globe in a dependency
by an Anglo-Saxon government. All
this has been done. but the result of
these efforts was still in the balance.
Here. in the face of these facts. in
fiammatory resolutions were out of
place. The senate was not an infiam-
matory body and would not be carried
off its feet. Nor did he agree with Mr..
Cannon that the people at large want
ed war. II our people really wanted to
fight. they could have gone to Cuba to
do IT. He closed with a motion to re-
fer the resolution to the committee on
foreign relations. which was done with
out division.
Mr.. Cannon took the floor for brief |
explanation bearing upon the scene in
which he had participated toward the |
close of his remarks. lie said the gem
tleman TO whose ulterances he had t