The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17

| ana OF right" On motion OF Mr.. DAVIS the
| follows:
Yeas-Allen. Bacon, Baker. Bate, Berry.
Butler Cannon Chandler Chiffon, . LARK
Eoraker, Gallinger, Hansbroqgh, harris KS
Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Ne
| yada Kenney, Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge Nc
Emery, McLaurin, Mallory, Mantle, Martin,
Mason, Mills. Mitchell, Money, MURPHY
Nelson, Pasco, Penrose Perkins. Pettigre rev.
| art, Teller, Thurston, Tillman, Turley, Tur-
ner, Turpie. Vest, Wolcott-55.
| Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Burrows. CaHery,
| Carter, Cullom, Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks,
| Frye, Gear, Gray, Hale Hanna Hawiey,
Hoar, Mcbride, Mcmillan. Morgan MorrlIl'
| Platt of Connecticut, Plat of New York,
| Pritchard Proctor, Sewen, Shoup. Spooner;
Warren, Wellington, Wetmore, White ana
Mr.. Morgan then offered his substitute for
| a declaration of war. 1t was laid on the
table-yeas. SO; nays, 5. The nays were
! Messrs. Mason, Morgan, Pettigrew, Turner
| and Wilson.
The supreme moment had come. Mr..
| Hale, who has been the mainstay of the OPP
| position to radical action on the Cuban
! question arose His first words sounded
| warning. 1.-THE action the Senate is about
| to take, he began, speaking slowly ana I'M
! pIessively places il in deadlock with the
| House and the President of the United
States. 1t is a remarkable spectacle we are
| presenting to the civilized world"
But he got no further. Mr.. Teller and Mr..
| Wolcott were both on their feet: The latter
| declared passionately that Mr.. Hale's state
| ment was most important. He said,
Republican, he demanded to know upon
| what authority 1t was made Il ask the
| senator whether he IS authorized by the
| President to declare that our contemplated
action will place US in deadlock with the
Before Mr. Hale could reply Mr. Teller
made the point of order that it was un-
parliamentary for a senator to refer to the
| action of the other House or the President.
The Vice President read the rule and
| asked Mr.. Hale to proceed in order. The
| latter said he proposed briefly to state the
| for his Onpnipp CfntaO1ept did
| not pretend he said, to speak by the author
| ity of the President orsto know in any con-
| tingency his future action. but | do know
| If the motion of the senator from Mime
! sofa prevails he continued. lit will bring
| the Senate into deadlock with the President,
| as shown by the message he has submitted
| to us
MR.. HALE CONTINUES HIS PROTEST.
Mr.. Teller again called Mr.. Hale to order,
and again the Vice President had the rule
read. Mr.. Hale seemed but slightly dis
| turbed by these Interruptions. Proceeding
| again he commented on the remarkable
spectacle the Senate presented. 1--WE are
not asked to legislate," he continued, ION
| ordinary matters, but on a grave national
| question that involves war. 1t is proposed
here to disregard the leadership of the
chief magistrate. He has left us in no doubt
as to the lines CT policy which may compel
! us to enter upon war, if such it is to be,
"ANAA OPeSAAA' liz lids lO4u us llldL TIC COil-
ditions in Cuba are not such as will per-
| init our recognition of the republic of Cuba.
| lie mas blazed the policy. The war in Cuba
must stop. Nothing is palmer than that
| intervention is to be resorted to- and he
| asks to be instructed to use the army and
navy Tor that purpose. And now here to-
| everything we desire about to be consum-
mated, with freedom to Cuba assured and
| intervention by arms if necessary, decided
| upon, the President is to be confronted by
the Senates effort to define another policy.
we are 70 thrust this resolution in his face
resolution he has declared he does not
believe in and does not want The chief
| executive IS the nearest approach to ruler
| this country knows. Shall he be oppOsed q"
Proceeding, Mr.. Hale expressed the deep
sense of regret with which he had, in the
last lew days witnessed the melting away
OF the spirit OF conservative sentiment in
the Senate. Senator's who had opposed the
recognition of the independence of Cuba had
one by one and day by day come into line
Tor that declaration. He said he had won
dered why 1t was So and he had found the
solution of the problem in d banquet given
on last "wednesday night in this city to the
Hon. William Bryan. With great Sarcasm
ne proceeded to read from an account of
the speech made on that occasion by Mr.
Bryan and to allege that it was responsible
Tor the sudden unanimity of sentiment on
the Democratic side of the chamber.
Many of the Democratic senator's gave
manifestations of their disapproval as Sena-
tor Hale was reading the account of the
speech The qualification of the Democratic
| party, Mr.. Hale continued, was not to be
| attributed 10 any caucus or convention ac-
tion but to this symposium. But all this
attempt TO make politics out OF the sitIIa-
ton, he continued, would not succeed. If
war came 1t would not be conducted by the
Democratic party The country would not
turn to that party and the flag of the
United States would not be carried by that
party, but by that gallant soldier and
statesman the President of the United
States. He would conduct the war and
bring 1t to successful conclusion. The
Democratic senator's and Democratic party,
which now seemed so intent on hostilities
| with SIDE would he found when Vva &C
actually upon us, impeding and obstructing
the course of those who were now seeking
| TO avert war, with all its horrors, but who
would then be in the forefront fighting for
the honor of their country.
GORMAN APPEALS FOR HARMONY.
Mr. German followed Mr. Hale, and by his
manner, by the Yehemence of his utterance
showed how greatly he felt the gravity of
the situation. He counseed a temperate
policy and invoked that the rancor of de-
bate be eliminated from the occasion. He
criticised the attacks made by senators on
the President as the COMMANDMENTS chief of
the army and navy, and forcibly declared
that party politics should give way to a
higher duty in the determination of the
question. He questioned the wisdom of the
resolution as adopted and hoped that wiser
counses would prevail The message of the
President he said, read to him as a deciara-
ton of a man who had exhausted all diplo-
maui C1lOllS " DIluS peace OUT Oh CndOS
and now came to Congress for authority to
strike the blow that would give the Cuban
people freedom from years of misrule
Every loyal Democrat" he said, would
be found behind the President, not as q
Democrat. but as an American citizen up
holding the hands of our great commander
in the war now almost upon us. He said
that the open criticism of the President was
to be deprecated, and he wished the record
as made up might be blotted forever ano
only Il united people shown uppermost &c
the world He closed amid profound still.
ness, and the occasion was worthy a place
in the history of nations. He said: 81
pledge myself to forget that Mckinley was
elected by the Republican party because
know and believe that as President of q
united people he will bear his country's flag
aloft and that nation, Spanish other
wise, will receive from him aught else than
that fair, manly and brave treatment OF
an American President"
Mr.. Allison, seemingly laboring under in
tense excitement, said that no man could
doubt his loyalty to the country or the
flag, but he seriously doubted the wisdom
of doing that which had been a question OF
controversy since the days of Washington
down to the present time the assumption
of Congress to declare the independence OF
a nation in contravention of the wel-known
principle of international law. He said the
amendment had been forced into the resolu-
tion in the face of the fact that the Presi-
dent did not counsel or even advise such
action but, on the other hand, had de-
| clared emphatically against it. He said the