Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-27

violated some possible shadow of their in
depreciation. of the Constitution of the
United States.
"A Miserable Scheme
IT am glad, sir, that have got the op-
pcrtunity just at this moment to anticipate
the miserable scheme and lay it bare to
the bona. You will not be heard. gentle
men, hereafter to accuse the President of
the United States of violating the consti-
tuticnal rights and powers of the chief ex-
eeutive when he and his friends and his
corntrynien. whether of his political party
or not. turn to you and say: You forced
him to that situation by conduct IN your
part that made it absolutely Indispensable
in the name of Christianity and humanity
that he should do such thing
when you return to your constituents.
gentlemen. and meet the fathers of the
sens who have gone to Manila, and tell
them that you Distracted by filibustering
tactics the passage of a law that would
make 1T legal for them to stop in Hawaii
on their return with their wounds or their
sickness and find shelter in the bosom of
that hospitable and splendid people. that
father will spurn, You not being his req
rese NATIVE or the representative of the
true American So irit.
There is such a thing, thank God as an
An erican spirit. 1t is lowering over the
Senate no :. 1t keeps senators in their
seats who have strong. reasons for being
absent 1t has not been strong enough to
invite all the absentees to be here. but
their names ought to be put record to
see who it is who is not willing TO stay
here and serve his country while the men
in Manila and the men in Santiago de Cuba
are lighting under our flag for their coun-
try They ought to be put on the record to
SLOW who they are and why they are not
Pre- sent here performing this beautiful.
splendid. easy, nice, comfortable and dis
| tilSuished duty of voting to the people
who are in the army the allowance of 4
hcspitable reception in the Isalnd Of Ha-
wGii.
American Spirit.
'There is such a thin &. Mr.. President, as
an American spirit, and 1 rejoice in it. 1t
is my privilege to do SO. and I will not he
found doing a. ything st all that in the
slightest degree obstructs the full flow Of
that glorious and magnificent spirit which
already has won for us fame that time
1t. elf will honor the longer time shall last.
For deeds have been performed even during
the brief period of this war which show
two things: First, that the United States
Is capable of waging. war with all the re-
sources and all of her men for the sake Of
humanity, Christianity and liberty. That
response coming back from the people of
the United States at the close of the nine
teenth cent Try is proper and fitting re-
Spouse to that splendid spirit of our faith
ers who planted this magnificent republic
upon this wonderful country of ours.
There is such spirit here.
Not only, Mr.. President, are they fight
iiiS III a CduSe III WHICH tEey nave no mo-
tive but justice, liberty, humanity AMI
Christianity. but, sir. they are fighting
with intrepidity and honor, with marked
skill, ability, vaior which have not been
excelled in any history that has ever been
written by the pen of man. No nation
stands higher today than the United States
on the rolls OF glorious warfare and mag
ranimouS conduct.
1.-The. very examrle we have SET before
the world in the last two months will warn
tie nations of this earth that while we are
a reace-loving people and are disposed 10
90 all that can be done to keep on good
terms with humanity ard all the nations of
the world, there is not that nation which
eAists. though it may be the most powerful
me Darehy that Nas ever knit together by
the hands CT oppression and craft, that
oces not feel today that the people of the
United States ard their government are
mere powerful than any other nation that
exists on the earth-not powerful only in
war, but powerful III the motives of war.
That We have already achieved.
Il cannot recorcile it to myself that this
great and august body, of which l have
had the honor of being member now fo-
tWebty-one years, could set itself in the at
titrde We occupy this evening of antag-
oEism to the administration that is con-
Quoting this war, and doing it so well and
with such nigh purposes and motives; that
we should be here laying pipe for the pur-
pose of controlling elections in November
and that that should be the motive of our
&C ndLct. If that is not the motive let the
joint resolution come to vote when the
dc bate is exhausted.
MIR. President, 1 hope we will not have
any more OF thi; procedure on this case to
say the least of it,
Mr.. White Cali, the leader of the oppo-
nents of annexation, denied the charge
that he and his friends were filibus-
terlng against the Hawaiian resolutions
He maintained that their opposition was
being conducted honestly and conscien-
tlously, but that he did not propose to be
dictated to by anybody.
Mr.. Teller (CoL) poured oil on the trou-
bled waters, but declared strongly for early
action upon the resolutions.