The times., 1898-04-16
THE TIME IS SET.
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ever. l would that peace might be
maintained forever"


A Tribute to Gomez.
81 am not content with the resolution
which has passed the House. or with the
resolution presented from the Foreign
Relations Committee of this body Of
which | am a member" Mr.. Daniel de-
scribed the noble character of Gomez and
the insurgents and declared that they had
won glorious victory for independence,
struggling as they had against the whole
world, as ii were, and were worthy to be
recognized, and it was an insult TO put
our forces down there to take possession.
THE senator from Delaware (Mr. Cray
arose yesterday" said Mr.. Daniel, "and
declared that he arose to support the
President of the United States. / arise
and say that l will support the United
States. The President has turned this
matter over to Congress and washed his
hands of it,
Mr.. Gray-I should like to ask the SEN
ator how he can support the United
States without supporting it's recognized
head?
Mr.. Daniel represent a part of this
goyernment-the legislative, to make laws
to govern the President.
Mr.. Daniel wanted to know if the reso-
iutions offered were intended to carry out
the requests of the Presidents message.
Mr.. Gray answered that they We're.
Mr.. Daniel-If that be so it is the
| first time it has been so stated on this
floor and it has taken two days of de-
bate to bring out that fact.
Il wish to ask the senator another
question: continued Mr.. Daniel. Does
he not consider that the Presidents re-
quest comprehends putting our guns in
| the face of Maxine Gomez?"
| Mr.. Gray-I believe no man with an
American heart in his bosom except the
honorable senator from West Virginia
| would make such a charge against the
| President of the United States or his
| colleagues on this floor"
| Mr.. Daniel am glad to hear it.
| am glad that he does NOT consider it So
The speaker then went on to show by
| the message that he had good grounds
| for the assertion he had made.
The Messages Meaning.
THE President of the United States
| has asked the Congress of the United
States to turn over the army to him to
exercise hostile constraint. 1t is only a
public enemy of the United States upon
! whom any soldier can turn his gun.
| Where is 1t proposed TO exercise hos
| tile constraint upon the people of Cuba
| 1t is understood that he means to ex-
| ercise this hostile constraint upon both
the victor and the oppressed and compel
| a truce"
Does it not mean that we shall take
our forces to Cuba and compel all parties
/ there to ground their arms? We are not
| speaking Spanish in this body-the Eng
| lish language is plain. / shall pronounce
no criticism, but 1 do say that the Presi-
| dent has asked us to give him the power
| TO take our army to Cuba and use a
| hostile hand to compel peace.
| 81 viii not vote, and / hope no senator
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| such an intention"
Mr. Daniel then read an editorial
! from the New York Sun to show that
| neutral Intervention was impossible un-
| der the construction of the President s
message.
| The Press CompIimented.
Mr.. Daniel declared that the press of
this country was the only source of full
information. He maintained that the
people of the country were entitled to
know all of the facts, as they had to do
the fighting.
II have been made to realize for the
first time" said Mr.. Daniel, that there
are two English languages. We under
stand that our diplomat at the Spanish
court interprets stable to mean indie
pendence; and we are told here that hos
tile means friendly. j suppose arm
resolutions until 1 understand them"
Mr.. Gray wanted to know if Mr.. Daniel
did not vote for the resolutions in the
committee.
Mr.. Daniel replied that he voted to re-
port the resolutions to the Senate, with
the distinct understanding that he should
support a minority report.
Mr.. Gray pressed the matter further
and wanted to know if the senator did
not agree to support the resolutions.
Mr. Daniel said he had expressly stated
before the committee that he would sup
port them only as a last resort to get this
country 10 do something.
Mr.. Gray-Then you will support them?
Mr.. Daniel-I will do exactly as I stated.
Mr. Gray-I only wanted it understood.
Mr.. DanieI-It will be understood, sir;
do not speak Spanish.
Mr.. Daniel declared that a recognition,
of the Cuban republic would obviate all
of these difficulties. 1t is not only our
right but it is our duty to so recognize
the insurgents. They have already go,
a stable government. The President has
told u.s. he said that Spain is a failure
in Cuba"
He then declared that the policy
of trying to face two way which
had permeated everything Spanish
was prevailing in this measure when ii
| declared that the people of Cuba are and
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and then in the next say that we will not
recognize the forces that brought about
that condition.
There is no doubt of the right of the
President to recognize the independence
of the Cuban republic, and there is nc
doubt of our right to recognize them. II
would clarity a muddy situation. and is
the only way to settle this question OF
a just and bedrock basis. IT is at this
juncture necessary and expedient to the
people of the United States as a peace
or a war measure. 1t would avoid fu-
ture international complications
Mr.. TiIIman's Vigorous English.
Senator Tillman was recognized. III,
said. in part:
"Whatever we may do, the only possible
ending to such action will be war There
is to be war in any event unless Spair
ignominiously backs down. We are tol(
this is a time for action and not fol
words, but we must make our action 81
plain that it cannot possibly be miscon
| Strued
AZ mean simply to declare in an unmis
taxable manner my views upon this ques
ton. l have suspicion in my nature. L
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