Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-13
His Recent Message the Subject Of
Debate in the House.
VIGOROUSLY ATTACKED BY Mr.. LENfz
Mr.. Grosyenor States the Position
of the Chief Executive.
ENTHUSIASM OF DEMOCRATS


and Mr.. Lacey dowa). Mr.. Lewis obtained
the floor and in vigorous speech declared
that in the dust and clouds which had been
kicked up by diplomacy Congress was los
ing sight Of the vital question before the
people. The country, he said. favored the
freedom of Cuba, but that was only q SEN
timent. The avenging of the Maine. he
said. was the real duty Of the government
Later while Mr.. Hill (Conn.D was discuss
ing the question of reforming the currency.
Mr.. Simpson tKsn.) became SO obstreper-
Gus that Mr.. Hopkins md, who was In the
chair, ordered him to take his seat, ana
when the kansan declined he instructed
the sergeant-at-arms to use the silver
mace. the emblem of the Houses authority,
to compel him to take his seat. -One OF the
assistants took the mace out of its place
on the malachite pedestal and marched up
the aisle toward Mr. Simpson. The latter
laughed at him. ---e
Take that thing back" he said. As the
mace cannot be employed, under the rules.
in committee, the chair did not press the
command, and the incident closed with O
round of laughter.
Shortly before the adjournment Mr..
Lentz (Ohio) made an assault upon what
he described as the vacifiaring policy or
the President, reading from various news-
papers to chow that the President had re-
peatedly changed his mind. He commented
especially upon the report OF an alleged
midnight conference between Senator I'll
klne and the Spanish minister after the
former had been at the White House with
John j. McCook. He tainted the repubif-
cans because the President had not de-
clared for the independence of Cuba. which
the republican platform had demanded
1T remains to be SEEN" said he whether
the majority of the House can be lined up
and whipped in" Congress- he declared.
should act. and could better act than the
,1,ss.
night behind closed doors with the aid OF
plutocracy."
"A stable government exclaimed MIR.
Lentz. What do you propose now? Let
tnis congress give 10 the President the
army and the navy, he saws ,sns I MIN vo
over tnere and force the Cuban patriots
force the Cuban heroes to submit to a sta
pie government at the hands of Spain be-
u ,.;snS me queen regent has already adj
sised the administration that she. has or
dered suspension of hostiij,ies She cap
not order suspension as against The in
surgents. She has not among all her bull
nsdns aha DULLES manhood enough to
oroer a suspension of hostiiities on the in
surgents' SIDE This administrator y,tt,-
all this vaciliating policy. which was crtr,-
cisco by the Chicago Tribune. an admins
rauon paper. asks us to put the army on,
navy in its hands TO 20 over ana r, a.,u
the Cubans after three wears of rho r,os,
heroic night for liberty thar any nao,,.
ever made on the fact of the earth I say
oot dGt. IL Is n Stencil in
uns OF every decent American. We shah
see whether the majority side OF this Honsa
can DE lined up and whipped into such .
policy as hat" o such
MI. Hepburn Uowal iumned % ~, -.
as Mr. Lentz sat down. ies'
Mr. Lenfn Contradfcted.
Mr.. Chairman" he began ..so,,,a,,,,,o.
.,iSSta'eiient is so gross that it reaches
the dignity of falsehood, and falsebood 60
sio.s 'hA' IL becomes mendacity. and mem
uacity SO foul that il becomes scorndrel-
isin 1 say that the President has pa,..r
sald that he desires the use of tho ar,o,,
aio navy at the hands of Congress I'm ar
der 10 establish Spanish supremacy on IN.
,siahu OF CUBA. Applause) That is NOT
true There is no man who can with on
honest heart and with an honest purnose
teaa TINS message of the President and
arrive at any conclusion of that charac-
ter The Presidents whole argument Iasds
up 10 the proposition that the conduct of
SPAN on that island during fiftv wears az
nisruie, nifty years of outrage fifty years
OF tyranny. has brought apout such a con-
dition that it is Low intolerabIe and insun-
portable and must cease. That is the Ian
guaSe of the President of the Irnifed
States tAppl;.Lse)
He asks the use of the army and navy
10 put an end to that intolerabie and M
sufferabie condition. Applause on The re-
publican side.) That is the Argument or
tne PRESIDENT. The President has made
this argument Every sentence I'm thai
message to this House teaches US that that
is MS uipose, and yet gentlemen say in
view OF all the language that he has used
In all OF the argument that ne has made
In all OF the recital of infamous and des-
potlc conduct that he has called to our at
tention. that il is the purpose of the Pres
1dent to become the ally of the Spaniards
say there is no word In that whole mes
sage that justifies any honorable man in
making declaration of that kind upon
Spain. We are going there. if We go 10
establish stable and permanent govern
ment. What does that mean?
Here We have had fifty years of Spanish
gov eminent, not stable. not permanent
except in the villainy of its outrages That
character OF outrage and vilainy which has
become insuferable should be suffered no
longer. the President says. creating such
an emergency as compels us to violate the
otherwise friendly relations that we ought
10 have and go to the extreme of war in
bringing an end to these insufferable con-
ditfons produced through the acts OF
Spain. And yet the gentleman dares TO
stand here and say that that paper advo-
Gates the use Of the army and the navy
the placing Of the whole military power
OF the country in the hands OF the Presi-
dent. In order that he may go there TO
perpetuate that which he reprobases, and
to continue that which he saws is now un-
endurable. He wants q stable and perma-
nent republican government. Does that
right to make that argument?'
Mr.. Lentz-"Does he say republican gov
ernment?"
Mr.. Hepburn-"No. he does not say that,
hut he SUP posed that you knew something
'about the history of this country" fAp-
plause on the republican side.)
Mr.. Lentz-"I do"
Mr.. MAguire-"And we know something
about the history Of this administration"
Mr.. Hepburn-"He supposed that you
knew something about the aspirations Of
American statesmen; that you knew some
thing about the declaration that over and
over again had been reiterated by every
branch OF this government with reference
to the character Of government that should
be formed ON this hemisphere" Applause
on the republican eide)
Mr. Grosvener Replies.
Mr.. Grosvenor Of Ohio took the foor II
an going to refer now to only one thing
that the gentleman from Ohio Or. Lentx)
has said On this particular occasion." said
he. and I DO not DO Il for the purpose a
Celebrating Q sDsech upon this occAaion.
The time - coming when the gsntlemen
CONTINUED on Fourteenth Psga)