The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-06

WOOSTER, Ohio, Oct 5.-The Re-
rhblicans Of tids Cwayne) county Open
ca TIE fan campaign here To-day. Sem
ator Joseph 3. Foraker was ti1e princi-
pai sptaker. His address was fredeunt-
81 Interrupted by enthusiastic applause
from the large audience present. Sem
ator Foraker, in part, said:
senator Foraker opened with a eu-
10y on Governor Bushnell and re-
view Of his administration in Ohio, fol-
lowing with a like tribute TO President
Mckinley with q review Of his national
administration, devoting most o: his
speech 70 the war with Spain and 70
the problems which follow It.
N advocating the Monroe doctrine he
revieWed the oppression in Cuba during
Presidents Grants administration and
held that the cause OF humanity then
called for assistance. he pictured
Spanish tyranny in the West Indies
most graphically until he reached the
period Of weyierlsm, when he was as
ferce in his utterances as the former
captain general was In his cruelties.
The senator stated that after 100000
lives had been Lost through rcconeeu-
tratlon and other expressions that the
cause Of humanity called loudly for
interference. Congress wai@l until
the President exhausted every effort In
diplomacy. This country could no lon
ger wat without ourselves becoming
morally responsible .or She loss Of
thousands OF lives and untold suffering,
when the destruction Of the Maine
forced the issue. The country had lost
hhndreds Of millions annually in trade
With Cuba and thousands OF Ameri-
cans on che island we're threatened,
while many had lost all their property
ana sven he Imprisoned. Cubans could
not belong TO 1 literary society or So
cial club without q special permit and
could not attend any meetings without
ncaee to the authorities so that an Of
dclai might also report proceedings to
the government and for all these bur-
dens Of taxation and deprivatlons OF
personal liberty there was no com2en-
cation. They we're denied schools, pub
lie. highways, all the facilities for en-
ioymtnt aud rebellion was inevitable,
AfteF reviewing the struggles Of the
insurgents the senator detailed the In
clients that led to the American Con-
gtuss declaring war against Spain and
took radical issue with those who OPP
posed that action, Including ex-seerer
tary Sherman, who recently in an in
terview said: "The entire responsible
~ for the war with spdln rests upon
the shoulders OF Congress. Il was Con-
greSs that declared war and delivered
70 Spain an insulting and exasperating
proclamation. 1t was not necessary
for us to 90 to war with Spain, could
have arranged treaty by which Spain
would have peacefully retired from the
Island of Cuba. Spain was in dire need
Of money at. that time and I believe
that for less than a hundred million OF
dollars she would have called her sol
dlers home. and given to the cubans
such system of autonomy as would
have rendered them practically indie.
pendent"
Senator Foraker proceeded: "other
distinguished statesmen of our party
spoke 70 the same effect One said the
war was not only Unnecessary. but the
work Of yellow journals. demagogues
and politicians It Is scarcely neees-
sary now to sag that the action Of
Congress was not premature or map
propriste but fully warranted. I had
no patience with the proposition that
spain should receive compensation for
her abdicatlon OF the country she had
miagoverned for centuries and despoil-
ed and desolated. had no patience
With the idea that the Maine could be
left for just settlement to the Spanish
sense OF justice and honor. I had nc
faith In tho idea that autonomy fol
Cuba with a continuance OF Spanish
sovereignty would be acceptable to the
island or result in pacihcatIon or goot
government
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