The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17

limitations and exceptions as shall seem to
! him expedient, TO prohibit the export of coal
| seaport of the United States until other
wise ordered by Congress-
Mr.. Cockrell asked what the effect of
Mr. Hawley remarked that it would put a
| stop TO the export OF coal and prohibit that
| going to Spanish ships, which was more
| valuable to them than powder
Mr.. Pettus said that such a procedure
was against law and he thought that so
| radical q measure must be ordered by Con-
| gress and that Congress should not invest
/ the power in the hands of the President.
MI. Hawiey. realizlng the force of the OBJ
| lection changed the resolution into a bill,
but it went over upon an objection of Mr..
| German
minutes in a speech urging the recognition
! Of the present Cuban government as indie
pendent, and said that he would support the
] minority amendment.
Mr.. Clark said that whatever might be
| the final wording of the resolutions
| adopted by Congress, they would mean only
war-yyar with one of the most cruel and
| barbarous nations in the world In the cir
| cumstances the Nation should not hesitate,
| the difficulty might have been found, but
although the President had acted with a
| dignity, equanimity and patriotism seldom
| equaled, war was at hand. The diplomacy
| of the entire world could not now prevent
it. For the murder Of the heroes of the
| spite the belief of some senator's the evil
| dence of our court of inquiry was such that
| if it were submitted to any court in the
| land a verdict of murder in the first degree
| would be returned.
| Mr. Pasco spoke in favor of recognition
| of the independence of the Cuban repub-
! lie. He believed, too, that when our troops
| were landed in Cuba they ought to act in
concert with the forces under General
| Gomez
The other senator from Florida, Mr. NAL
| lory, said none desired war if that calamity
could be averted, and he regretted that the
DTa had cI1G 6n1 lf,,InY aoti n
tiations, for through them war might have
been aVerted.
| Mr. Faulkner thought only one of two
courses was open to this country, either to
submit to the indignitieS, insults and crimes
Of Spain, that the American Congress
should make such an utterance as would
| remove every doubt about our intention to
present the question for arbitrament by the
| sword. The mailed hand of oppression must
be lifted from the emaciated shoulders Of
| Cuba.
LESS ORATORY AND MORE POWDER.
Mr.. Wilson spoke in favor of the majority
resolutions 1--WE want less oratory and
more powder, less rhetoric and more rams
he said Patriotism said he, was higher
than business interests love of country
dearer than the dollars"
| Mr.. Pettus followed Mr.. Wilson and at
tackled the House bill as being unconsttu-
tional. He insisted that Congress had the
| right to declare war and said that the
| President was in his high office to execute
the mandate Of Congress. He bitterly ar
raigned the Presidents senatorial advisers,
saying that the Senate was the executives
adviser, not his senatorial friends I'm
fact" said Mr.. Pettus, 'the President has
had more advisers than the law allows.
Mr.. Gear supported the majority resolu-
tiOn.
Mr.. McEnery said he would vote for the
| recognition of the Cuban republic closing
his remarks with a tribute to q reunited
| ~ .lG iG Witnessed to-day.
| Mr.. Gallinger read number OF autograph
letters from Cuban military commanders;
showing the high patriotism which actuated
them in their struggle for liberty.
Mr. Elkns said 1t was plain war was IN
evitable, and could not be avoided His re a.
sons i'll opposition to recognition, briefly
stated, were: The insurgents had not won
their independence as nations seeking recog-
milton always have; the insurgent govern
ment is by its constitution only temporary;
and such recognition was contrary to AMER
lean doctrine for Il hundred years. He
thought the resolutions as presented by the
foreign relations committee ought to be
amended so as to provide that the recog-
! milton should be given by the President-the
only. power that could give it.. Mr. Elkins
| challenged the statements OF Mr.. Poctor as
to the conditions ON the island.
Mr. Proctor-Will the senator accept the
statement in the consular reports?
Mr.. Elkins--pd q thousand times rather
accept your statements, but there are other
men, not perhaps SO eminent as the senator
| from Vermont, who report state OF af-
fairs entirely different from that reported
Mr. Eikins declared that the United States
| ought to take Cuba, Porto Rico and the
| have some compensation for an enormous
war debt. II afterward it was desired to
give the Cubans their independence, he was
willing, as he had always believed they
ought to have it. In CONCLUSION Mr.. Elkins
paid a high tribute TO the President
MI: Gay sala ne VA WAS anxious 10 see lile
pie of the South did not want war, but, as
war was now inevitable, he believed in
| making Ii upon the best resolution offered
These. he thought, were those submitted by
the minority. ~ s
TOO LATE TO TALK WAR.
Mr. Proctor replied to some of the state
ments made by Mr., Ellkns. The latter, he
said had received his information from Mr..
Atkins, of Boston, whose sugar plantations
had been protected by the Spanish troops.
He thought II too late now to talk. War
was upon us. and we ought to meet it with
united front
Mr. Pritchard contented himself with an
nouncing, after a brief eulogy of the Pres
ident, that he would support the House res
olution.
Mr.. Nelson declared that the question as
to the power of the President 70 recognize
the Cuban republic was irrelevant. Con-
gress had the authority and ought to eXer-
else tito accept that brave young repub-
lie as our ally in the coming war.
Mr.. Perkins announced himself in favor
Of recognizing the independence of the re-
public of Cuba. Tne assassination OF the
sailors of the Maine was sufficient warrant
for us to go to war
Mr.. Thurston, who followed him, declared
his intention to vote to recognize the repub-
lie of Cuba. He was q Republican and he
had been urged by every Republican infu-
ence to vote against the Independent reso-
luton because it was of Democratic origin.
But in this matter he was more than u Re-
publican: he was an American citizen.
Mr.. Morgan defined his position briefly.
giving his reasons for declining to concur
in the minority resolution to recognize the
independence of the republic. His position
was not misunderstood by the Cuban peo-
pie. His views had been submitted to Presi-
dent Palma and were concurred in by him.
He said we should not recognize the indie
pendence without stipulation which would
prevent the possibility of General Gomez
making a treaty with Spain that would
leave us in the lurch.
After Mr. Kenney had stated his position
in favor of the recognition of independence
the debate came to an abrupt close Sena-
tor Hale and several other senators who
were scheduled to present their views re-
Trained.
BELLS RING FOR A VOTE,
And Senator's Troop In to Place Their