Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-06
WORK OF CONGRESS
Perfdy of the Spanish Off,
e!a!s
CAUSED MAINE DISASTER
Says Senator 1urn III Ia a..r, u.cn
Chandler AVA Turp. Ai,u VI. The
NsrI'ns h. que. IL
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| Nv A.stll $i,lo>, Aprll o.-Ihe Unl-
| Led late-s ought lmnpeu AiAy 10 ueIlaIe
"a u SaMSt SPAN and 10 .l.l4ta..ii ..AAl
'ar unt.I tnsS prOp4e OF Auud tle .ILaue
Ice Iloun olerl4sn suau. vsiA4on Ailu I. u
e!.!, ard tire S'HeinItAent u.4e ...ai.A
| -e.n..y vs-an.r.lled AIS am 4nid-,p.nue...
republic. "
A4.-s ueoerMlea by Sen.-u.. yna,nu.er,
u Ne" 1iAiiilsn'e, in "a cals.,uIy PEE
pared statement OF MS posauou os, the
CUBAN crsis, WAS the rlrmux OF aln in
tended discussion of Tia sx,piect par-
lcipaleA in by several I1l.nJ,-.rr, in, the
Senate this afternoon.
| Speeches had been deMveie, nv Mr.
| ru, 1per. OF Ws,si,4uiys con; MIR. H.. or
| Kansas. and MIR. ksnney. oI Deie.var re
al OF whom 1o-G sutmS ground for
| vsg[..ous ami instant action by the Ui-
| ted States. s-- ...-. N-a
AT uh.. conclusion Of the speeches ON
the Cuban quesAon. tt>= Senate resum-
| ed eolr5deral4oN of the sundry civil
| bill, the only inlpovtanI progress made
| being the adrpuAAur in slightly modified
| form of The. committee amendment sus-
| pending the forestry reservation proc
| .anlAtun OF 1897. ...@
| The resolutions offered by MI. Turner,
| of Washington, declar ring mar against
| Spain was laid befole the Senate and
| it's author took tire tlcpr i'm advocacy OF
The speech was brief. but was given
! the1nost careful attention. by both the
| galleries and the Senate.
The fateful question OF peace or
| war he began, belongs in it's la.t an
aiysis to the Congress of the United
States. Believing this, have no apol-
ogy for the resalutinn have offered.
have the highest respect for the Pres
| ident and his office. but l have never
| bea;nl one TO bend the knee, that thrift
J nliglIt follow fawning.'"
I The time had now arrived when some
expression ought TO be made OF THE Uni
| ted States I'm the whole matter. With
| adiplomatic representative at Mad rid,"
| declared Mr. Turner. ''complicAting the
| business tG this G.. untry and defeating
his own Frantic efforts FOR peace at amy.
price; With private secretalry-the
altar ego pf the Preside
spnsals throughout the country for pc
| t.,t:ons and memorials to control an un-
ru.y and unpatriotic Congress-; with
| the manner in which tine fate Of OUT
! With the frantic appeals for delay. it Is
net surprising that the American peo-
E;'e are osrtra ged and have giveuN notice
hat they propose to take the whole
matter into their own hands"
Discu ssing the Maine disaster, upon
which MI. Turner practically based his
speech he dIsrlar red that no reasonable
man could fail to, realize that the bat
tiesh'p was destroyed thncmgh the cow
ardice amid perfldy OF Spa nish officials
eminent responsible for the crime.
From the time of Aava down to the
time OF Weyler MIR. Turner decln red
ire record of Spain had been ONE OF
murder arid assassination, brutality
and Cruelty. rapine and arson. The
S.pan:ard of 1860 and the Spauriard OF
1900 a1;e one and the same Individual"
1t had remained for the Maine disastes
10 demonstrate that civilization had
PASSED the SpaniaIds by and that they
ara TOW as ferocicns. brutal. cumming
snd 'tcpacherous as they ever were.
This government should act at once.
MI. TURNER wes in favtr of declara-
lion Of war. but expressed himself in
.,eadin'ess tt. do anything that would
drive the Spaniards from the western
hemisphere. and he expressed tie hope
chat as a Senator OF the limited States,
h's would very seen have an opportuni-
to cast his vote for moticn that
would accomplish the result.
y brief but pointed statemeng OF his
ASHTON on the Cuban question was
her made by NT Harris. of Kane'. s, E1e
lad prepared his speech w c!' g. -.
7:Ga me n,aTus cr:pt.
After rel,H wing the posi-, II. u -
tinted a:es and Spain with reference
20 Cuba he maintained that fer q ons
time this country had been fully jusi!-
filed in enforcing her demands by armed
intervention
Mr. kenney. Of Delaware. followed
; with a strong appeal for the independ-
EN- e OF the CutaHlS. I'M COnciuSuC0l, al
iisr stating his reasons why the Spanish
goveuninDe Mt should be held reSpons ible
, for the present condH titUls of effairs.
ASr ken1Isy said that for all these red
sons we ought to fight and for such
causes the United States should declare
| war.
Mr.. Chandler. of New Hampshire,
folI.wed Mr.. kenney and was listened
10 with great Interest. He said:
THE United States ought immedi
ltely to declare war against Spain and
L.. maintain tina war until the people
, Of Cuba are made free from Spanish
starvation amid cruelty and the govern
7nent OF the island firmly established
as am independent republic The rea-
sons for declaring war are apparent to
the world. Spain has justly horfedteh all
title to any possessions in the western
, hemisphere by her prolonged misgov-
, eminent thereof. Spain has lost all
right Il, suppress the Cuban rebellion
by resut+ting 10 iTlluHnan methods OF
warfare.
Spain has surrendered all claim to
the forbearance OF the United States by
; disrega riding AN friendly renaonstEances.
by practioing deceit
promises OF loca1usss