The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-09
thereafter assert the independence Of the
republic of Cuba
MASON FOLLOWS SUIT

M. mason tlH-t kept lne (uD2n ball
rolling by offering another resolution Civ
ing notice that he would tomorrow at the
conclusion of Mr.. Cannon's remarks ad-
dress the senate upon the resolution Mr..
| Mason's resolution follows:
| Resolved, That the president be, and
he is, requested to notify Spain and the
| insurgents of Cuba that the war (so-call-
| eO must at once cease and be discontin-
ued and that the United States of Amer
lea declare and will maintain peace upon
| the island of Cuba
The resolution was preceded by the fol-
lowing preamble:
| Whereas, The war between Spain and
| the insurgents of Cuba has continued till
| all Christendom IS shocked by its barbar-
| tiles. Pretended autonomy has been Of
fered by Spain and refused by the Gu
bans in arms. The Spaniard, as a war
measure, burned the homes and drove the
women and children (since known as
| concentradoes) into fortified towns where
some of them have been starved, others
have been murdered and women and chill
dren have been debauched and treated be-
yond the power of language to describe.
Daughters of insurgent soldiers have been
sold into houses Of infamy, and boys OF
tender years have been shot as spies, I'M
der the form of civilized war. American
citizens have been driven into the towns
and refused an opportunity to work and
left to starve, as a part of the Spanish
war measure, until we were compelled to
take by appropriating funds of the people
Of the United States large sums OF
money to feed and clothe our citizens and
to return them to our country, and now
has the Spanish war measure of concen-
tration continued so far that the concen-
tradoes are unfed and starving, naked
and filthy, insomuch that disease and
death is among them and has spread into
our own country. Hundreds of thousands
have persisted in this way and by this
means. The unholy work of extermina-
ton. the slaughter of innocents and non
combatants, goes on: the flag of truce
has been abandoned and determination or
independence Of the insurgents must be
the final outcome.
1.-The people of the United States are
sending money, food and clothing TO aid
the dying Cubans, which ought to be fur
nished by Spain. for the reason that the
concentrates are the legitimate wards of
Spain, having been put in their present
starving condition as a Spanish war mea-
sure and their care would devolve upon
Spain and would so be regarded by every
civilized nation in the world. Under the
present charity seeking of the admins
tration charitably disposed citizens of the |
United States citizens cannot contribute |
money, medicine, food or clothing to the |
insurgents in the field or hospital, and |
should any attempt bemade to do so it
would be captured and prevented by order
of the government of the United States. |
All parties declared before the last cleo
tion in favor of the independence of Gu |
ba and the Republican party emphasized |
its opinions as follows:
From the hour of achieving their own /
the people of the United |
States have regarded with sympathy the |
struggles of other American peoples to
free themselves from European domina-
ton. We watch with deep and abiding |
interest the heroic battles of the Cuban !
patriots against cruelty and oppression,
and our best hopes go out for the full
success of their determined contest for
liberty. The government of Spain. hav-
able to protect the property or lives of
resident American citizens or to comply
with it's treaty obligations, we believe
that the government of the United States
should actively unse its influence and
good offices to restore peace and give in
dependence to the island."-(Cuban plank
IN the Republican platform adopted by
he Republican national convention at St,
Louis, June Is. 1850
The people of the United States do not
ask to acquire title to Cuba, nor do they
seek to gain advantage any way directly
1r indirectly of any nation by reason of
his barbarism called war. They do not
complain of our loss of trade with Cuba
md have patiently borne the assault on
he health of the people by the filth of
Spanish rule in Cuba. They seek no re-
lress for loss of business or health or
money They have patiently waited, not
Wishing (even Indirectly to interfere with
he affairs of other nations, until the
tench on our very borders has passed
endurance and the barbarous situation |
n Cuba has become a stain upon our con-
inent and a blot upon our Christian civ
ization. The people of the United States, :
no personal profit, having no
ear and seeking no favor, clear and con-
cious as to the justice of our position. |
% in thep resence of the civilized ma
ions of the world ard in the anne Of jus |
ice and liberty, demand that the social ]
d war in Cuba must cease {
Mr.. Stewart New secured the adoption !
f a resolution directing the postmaster {
eneral to send to the senate the cost Of {
ARRIVING various classes of mail matter. 3
Bills were passed TO ratify the agree I
lent between the Dawes commission and {
he Seminole nation OF Indians and to t
mend an act declaring certain bridge
cross the Tallahatchie river in MISSISSIPPI =
/, a lawful structure.
THE CORBETT CASE.
In accordance with notice previously
iven, Mr.. Chandler called up the resoIu- :
on in regard to the Corbett case and
lade a speech in favor Of seating the
aimant as 4 senator from Oregon.
Mr.. Chandler submitted. in opening his
-gument in opposition TO the proposed "
solution, a supplementary statement :
ON Mr. Corbett himself. in which he -
scussed some points OF the case and
efined his personal position Mr.. Chan :
er then began his remarks. !,
In an extended argument Mr.. Chandler
aintained that whenever a vacancy oc- :,
Irred in the senate and the legislature a.
the state had failed TO fl 1.-The vacancy.
lie governor Of the state had the con- =
itut:onal right to I'LL by appointment. :,