The record-union., 1898-04-01

/ comes.
BAILEY'S REPLY.
| Bailey, the Democratic leader, re-
piled to Johnson.
| Il know" he said, "the standing OF
| the gentleman from Indiana in the
] councils of his own party and before
the country well enough to know that
what he has spoken has been spoken
| with deliberation, and that it is en-
/ titled to be considered almost as au-
thoritative. When he says that the
President is trying to compose the mis-
understanding between this nation, and
| the Spanish Government upon a basis
which will compel the island of Cuba
to buy its liberty from the butchers
| of Spain, we are justified in supposing
that it is for that purpose the House
has been denied the opportunity to vote
on resolution which declares that the
Cuban patriots have fairly won their
independence. (Applause on the Dem
| ocratic Side)
| L believed yesterday / know to-day,
that the policy of that side of the
House was to delay a decision of this
question, in the hope that the rich and
powerful interests of this and other
nations will compel the struggling pa
triots of Cuba to buy the freedom that
they have won with their courage and
by their sword. (Applause on the Demo-
cratic side) 1 owe the Republican
party no kindly offices, but | will VEN
/ ture to say that if it's leaders agree
and the Republican party sanctions
| the agreement to compel any people
under Gods sun to buy that liberty
which God has given them, that party
will never survive long enough to es-
cape the odium which will be fastened
upon it by the outraged sentiment of
the American people. applause on
Democratic side)
LIBERTY NOT A PURCHASABLE
COMMODITY.
Mr.. Chairman, liberty is not a pur-
chasable commodity Renewed ap-
plause) There was a time in this re-
public when no man in high station
would have suggested that one nation
could sell it, or that another should be
compelled to buy it. (Applause on
Democratic side) 1t was birthright
of man; and it is their duty to assert
it, though war be necessary to it's
assertion. prolonged applause on
| Democratic side)
In all the history of this republic
no party has ever acted more pa
triotically or more unselfshly than the
Democratic House has acted during
this crisis. (Applause on the Demo-
cratic side) There was a time when
this threatened war could have been
averted. Six months ago. if you had
done as we urged you to do, If you
had recognized the rights of these
struggling patriots to fight for indie
pendence, war would have been avert
ed, and Cuba would to-day be an es-
tablished fact in the history of the
world. applause on Democratic side.)
A Member-And the battleship Maine
with all the accompanying lives of
American seamen, would not have been
sacrificed
Bailey said continuing: "And that
unfortunate disaster which has horri-
fed humanity and Inundated our AM
erican citizenship would have never
occurred. Within the last forty-eight
hours representative of the Cuban
republic has said to me that they do
not desire us to engage in war with
| Spain; that all they ask is that we
resognize their independence, to give
them the credit and standing to which
they are entitled among the nations of
the earth, and with their own strong
hands and with their own brave hearts
/ they will achieve their own independ-
ence. applause on the Democratic
side)
''But, Mr.. Chairman, we might as
we'll be frank. If 1t takes a war to
| free the island of Cuba, my voice and
| the voice of those whom I have the
honor to act, say Cuba free, without
a war if possible; Cuba free, with a
war if necessary prolonged applause
on Democratic side)
GROSVENOR SPEAKS FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION.
Grosvenor CR.) of Ohio, whose utter
ances are given great weight, owing
to his close friendship with the Admin
istration, answered Bailey. He said
he did not intend to reply to the argu-
ment of the gentleman from Texas, but
he felt for him a strong degree of SYM
pathy.
When" he said, "a man has been
for nearly year trying to play game
of politics on the question of war, and
has failed, and has finally made an
exhibition, futile effort in that drec-
ton, unparalleled in the history of this
body, it becomes pathetic when he talks
about war, and a war that will never
happen. l rise t. point out one or two
absurd statements constantly repeated
| in the newspapers, and which found an
echo in the voice of the gentleman from
Texas. He warns this side that if the
President attempts to force the Cubans
to buy their freedom hell will break
loose in about five seconds on the
Democratic side. daughter on Repub-
lican side.) Nobody proposes to force
Cuba to buy her independence
1T is like tale told by the idiots,
full of sound and fury and full of
nothing. There is no such proposition
| by, to or from the Administration, and
the whole idle prattle of this charac-
| ter in the newspapers has been just
so much folly and nonsense, and yet a
| statesman, leader of great division
| on this floor, ries and solemnly warns
| the Republican side of this House that
| if the President drives Cuba to buy her
independence they will go to work to
| prevent it. Nobody has attempted it; it
| is an idle dream of somebody, and talk
of the newspapers.
Again, what does the gentleman
| know about how far the matters have
progressed between the United States
as the intermediary source of diplom-
acy and Spain and Cuba on the other
side? The gentleman from Texas did
say yesterday he believed the Presi-
dent of the United States was trying
to force it upon the Cubans, and to-
day he said he knew it, Now, / rise
simply to say that the gentleman is