Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-04-15

Turner further declared himself strong
ly in favor of the resolutions presented
by the minority of the committee on for
eign relations and while so doing said he
needed no further justification than the
magnificent state paper which Turner
maintained that Congress coull not deia-
gate to the President the power to make
war.
Turner charged that the delay last
week in sending the message to Congress
was not due to the request of Gen. Lee.
but to the fact that Archbishop Ireland
had cabled to the Vatican in the hope
that the Holy Father might be able to
bring about a peaceful solution of the
difficulty. The President was waiting up
on the PopeS action taken to secure that
which American diplomacy had failed to
obtain.
When the venerable senator from Mas
sachuSettS. HOar arose to follow Turner,
there was visible stir in the audience.
for the conservatism of the senator from
Massachusetts is well known. His first
senterre fell from his lips slowly and dis
tinctly and showed that he was for peace
if peace could be had, He said that he
wanted TO make few observations quiet
y. calmly and in the manner of court
dealing with the great problems of public
welfare and public honor. He thought ii
was not the time for impassioned rhetoric.
louu declamationS, the clapping of hands
and the stamping of feet, but rather 1t
was the position of absolute deliberation
that should command such a scene and
such an occasion.
He then argued that the report of cru
a1,v and onnraesion i'm t,uba i,ndoubtedly
,n ,.,..,,1r. ,t, ,,,aae,,ras that would
hrina n.e,oe h,it he doI,hted the wisdom
of rushing headiong into war until every
o'liti "i - -, 80
bring about an hoiloraole cessation Oh
hoStilitlts. lie SPOKE OF lhe utttrdn''
the horrors surrounding the reConcentra-
| dos and believed that they were the
utterances of good men. but whether,
said he. 81 differ or agree wirA the utter
anceS. | have nothing but the profoundest
respect for that which brought these
| utterances forth"
| Then with a voice trembling with emo
tion, amid profound stiffness in the SEN
atc chambr, ne added. ..If thjs country
| ;c to d,, :. or.at art of int.rrati tionnl ms
! tina lt ms 10 If calmly ana d,liht ratelv.
| ca.on to-. ,r,,,,al tbat tb 1tt1c,.e
,,,",, ,'ta pr,.td..r+ ,,,ra iii-adyised ana
f4 f' ~ .;,'1. ~ i,,.tl, \ 20 .,,, ,.,,,,,,.,
Hf'St iti-.tiii'"' ,nH' W
tIoi ol tIIe P"ii'S VI 'iie i-N'' t'i
country 'ilu Sliou'u f,
the PRESIDENT III ms EFFORTS liah4nS ioI
peace, 50 long as peace coulu ne nau Win
| honor. Then after paying trlhult 10
the President. the senator said that the
men who suffered by modern wars were
not The men who provoked them. and
| that the men who reaptl the benefits
| from wars were a few officers and the
stock jobte1s
=
the HIancns. who realize the horrors of
| u-ar hl,t mo noor n,leonrs taken AWAY
f,,Nr,, hl,,, NH ,jr,ftn1 mo ,vi1nw xybns.
ataI i t,l,a,, a,,.,,t. fbr,f euffnr most
| VIZ may. l,a racese1r,. ,,ouv but | am NOT
] ]Wdi may ir 'lI('s9'i "o"' 'u' ''iii i'''
PiIP'i," ~ "'Il'S' ,, .4
| ne liitH lthi'il lthi'ilhS.' Nc l"dt ne ,""'" ''o'
agree WIN sih tSSeril"H I!iu| ny q 9th''.
tor ON the moor. VINO so HShtIy S'ia lhtl
war WAS hetucn once III Il WlMl" iS a f'utl-
lying force. Tie Sllu war meant lht Au-
dtion of untold millions TO the public
debt of the country. the plllnE up OF PEN
Sions mountains high. and would bring
woe and dtSulat.on to thousands of
| homes
| II like and thank the President of the
| United States for his sublime self FIRE
strafnt in this nmergcnt.v ana for hold
in.s back so far - ht. could the step to-
| wards war. Those who love and stand
by him need moi be disturbed that the
brilIiauce of his fame Will he diminished
i'm the view of our posttritv bv his action
,t This time
restraint which had characterized the