The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-25
THURSTON IHVOHES WAR
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they fear that a declaration of war or
the Intervention which might result in
war would have a depressing effect
! upon the stock market.
Mr.. President, / do not read my duty
from the ticker. l do not accept my
lessons in patriotism from Wall street.
l do not deprecate war.
INDUSTRY THE GAMER.
War with Spain would increase the
business and the earnings of every
American railroad: it would increase
the output of every American factory;
IL would stimulate every branch of in
dustry and domestic commerce; it
would greatly increase the demand for
American labor, and in the end every
certificate that represented share in
an American business enterprise would
be worth more money than it is worth
today. But in the meantime the spectre
of war would stride through the stock
exchanges and many of the gamblers
around the board would find their ILL
gotten gains passing to the other side
of the table.
Let them go. What one man loses
at the gambling table his fellow gam
blers win. Let them take their chances
as they can. Their veal or woe is but
little Importance to the libertyloving
people of the United States. Let the
men whose loyalty is TO the dollar stand
aside while the men whose loyalty IS
to the flag come to the front.
WARNS HIS PARTY.
There are some who lift Their voices
in. the land and in the open light Of
day and insist that the Republican
party will not act. for they say il sold
out to the capitalists and money chang
ers at the last national election. It is
not so. God forbid. The 100000 free
men who voted for the Republican
party and for William Mckinley did not
mortgage the honor of this nation for
Il campaign fund and if the time ever
comes when the Republican party hes
itates in the course of duty because of
Undue anxiety for the welfare Of the
accumulated wealth of the nation, then
let the Republican party be swept from
the face of the earth and be succeeded
by some other party, by whatever name
it may be called, which will represent
the patriotism. the honesty, the loyalty
AMI the devotion that the Republican
party exhibited under Abraham Lincoln
in 1861.
He believed in the doctrine taught
by the loWly NaZarene, but men must
have liberty before abiding peace can
come.
In the beauty of the lilies. Christ was
born across the sea.
With Il glory in his bosom that trans |
figured you and me.
AS he die to make men holy, let us die /
TO make men free
For God is marching on.
Mr.. President. in the cable that /
mOored me to life and hope, the strong !
est strands are broken. l have but |
little left to offer at the altar of free /
prifico all ! have
glad to give. l am ready to serve my |
country as best ] can in the senate or |
in the field. My dearest hope. my most /
earnest prayer to God is that when !
death comes TO end all. ] may meet it |
calmly and fearlessly, as did my be- /
loved, in the cause of humanity, under |
the American flag
HALE'S DISCLAIMER.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. |
Thurston referred to a statement pur- |
porting TO have been made by Mr. Hale /
Of Maine. in an interview, to the effect /
that the president. in the present emer- |
gency, had been swept off his feet.
When Mr.. Hale later entered the |
chamber and had his attention called I
TO the statement. he interrupted Mr.. /
Thurston to say: The senator has re- /
ferred to an alleged interview quoting !
me as saying that IN the present emer- /
gency the president had been carried /
off his feet I not only did not say
anything Of the kind. but the statement /
quoted does not correctly represent my ]
views. / believe the president has been /
eminently wise and calm in this whole ,
Cuban matter"
AS Mr.. Thurston neared the end of I
his speech he became noticeably eX-
cited, and his utterance became the
more impassioned.
BRITISH CRITICISM.
London, March 25.-The Standard this
morning, commenting edtorially on the
cabled abstracts of Senator Thurst0n's
speech in the United States senate yes
terday, severely censures it as a fla
grant example of the recklessness of
American politicians in goading the
Spanish people to war.
The editorial proceeds: Such ora
tory only adds to the insults Spain has
borne hitherto with a proud calm which
has won European respect, and should
have shamed even bellicose senators.
Such folly is objectionable in a repre-
sentative Of a nation that is forever
prcclaiming its affection for high prin-
ciples
If, however, Mr.. Thurston was aware
of the intentions of the Washington
government. the speech was significant.
for the government would scarcely en-
ploy a speaker so deficient in self-re-
straint unless it wished the public mind
to be fully prepared for war. Fortu-
nately, there is no clear evidence vet
that President Mckinley is of Mr..
ThurstOn's way of thinking
The Daily News, in an editorial on
the Conflict Between Congress and
President Mckinley says: 1T is no
wonder. after the horrors of the Wey-
Ter regime in Cuba, that the president
finds It hard to hold congress in hand"