The times., 1898-02-24
REJECTS THE AMENDMENT I
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Mr.. Gray: as it not in the possession
of the House?"
Mr. Alleni mo. in the possession of tn,
Speaker. But apart from that situation
we are not going to deceive ourselves oi
anybody else. We are simply trying u
get around it. We do not want % take
hold. We are now engaged through the
pr,Jcess of this report from the Committed
on Foreign Relations in mixing the water
so as to make il dark that we may escape
Mr. President l speak within the
bounds of the truth when | say that one
third cf he population of the island al
Cuba; 30 1-3 per cent of the men. wpiacn
and children have absolutely been starved
TO death by Spanish authority within the
last two years. Five hundred thousand
of them have been taken into great cor
rails without any sanitary conditions
whatever and have been permitted to rot
in their own filth and die of starvation,
and the diseases incident to starvation
and their filthy proximity to one an
other.
II am not speaking from any wild
newspaper rumor, but l am speaking
Mr.. President, from reliable information
that came to me from two as reliable
gentlemen can be found in the United
States who have personally inspected
these filthy pens. and have seen the dead
carried out by the hundreds every morn
ing without any Identification. and yet
sir, because we might appear in the light
Of coercing 500 Representatives of the
House by d body of SO men. this resolu-
tion is out OF order.
There are some propositions in this
world so plain that TO state them either
proves or disproves them, and this is one
of those propositions.
Less than two years ago ] heard the
senior Senator from Illinois speak i'm
strong language about the massacre of
The Christians in Armenia, which is
great many thousand miles away. l have
not heard a word from that time TO this
from that Senator in the interest of the
Cubans. Then the Junior Senator from
Maine. who sits next TO him, made a
speech in this Senate which electrified
the country. saying that he would send
TO the foreign governments If he had the
power and invoke their authority To stop
the massacre of the Armenian Chris
tians."
Mr. Cullom: Il want TO remind the
Senator that one year ago / made
speech on the Cuban question, but / am
not disposed to talk ON it every day"
Mr.. Allen: The farther from us afro
cities occur the more some Senators want
to talk about them. and the more they
want 10 intervene, or have the Govern
ment intervene and stop them. But lying
ninety miles from the coast of Florida
is an island that entered into a state of
war less than three wears ago. and out
of a population of 1.500,00 100000 have
starved TO death or been killed as a re-
suit OF the crueltieS of the Spanish gov
ernment.
1T is about time fer us 10 do some
thing or quit talking about being a pow
erful nation.
In my judgment the country viii re-
view the action taken here today for
some time. The point of order is TO be
invoked, and what is to become of it. |
do not know. but l want vote on il i'm
some way that viii give an expression 10
The country of the attitude of the Senate
of the United States. If the Senate shall
say by its vote we will not consider this
question further. we have done all we
propose to do, we Wall sit here i'm silence
witnessing the determination of the Beo-
pie of Cuba IL that is the voice of the
sentiment of the Senate. and it can be
so expressed. and the people of this coun-
try understand it. then. Mr.. President. /.
for one, viii quit talking on The ques-
tion.''
Mr.. Morgan said that as a member of
the Committee on Foreign Relations. and
as one who helped draft the report of
that committee on this amendment he
felt as though he ought to explain his
position.
Whatever action ] have taken" said
he, in regard 10 the affairs in Cuba from
the beginning has been predicated solely
upon the duties and rights of the Amer
lean people, and not on the sufferings
OF the cubans or upon their rights of
government as belligerents This duty
in my estimation has justified the pass
age of the concurrent resolution and also
IN September of the joint resolution
These two resolutions varied very slight
ly in their terms, but somewhat varying
in their legal effect. We ought now TO
drop the subject and let it go for the
reason that we have no right to make a
declaration of war against Spain at this /
time.
This resolution. if it is put on the ap-
propriation bill under existing circum- 1
stances, might very well he interpreted /
by Spain as q declaration of war
Al the time when we passed the reso-
luton in the Fifty-fourth Congress the !
attending the relations be- /
tween Spain and the United States were /
very different from what they are today. \
The temper of the people of both nations /
was very different then than ii is at the 1
present time
The resolution adopted in the Fifty I
fourth Congress and also on May last was
not beliigerent resolution so far as this
1SNAAhE N1S Nbbttiittu. II llulEaIEu no
spirit of hostilities towards S,e Spanish
people. Now, sir. what declaration was
made on both Of these occasions? Was
I not that we would not intervene, but on
the contrary recognize both powers as
being belligerents. 1t was peace meas
ufe instead OF war measure We had
The right 10 make the declaration in view
0 fthe fact that a war had existed in
cuba Tor more than three years. and
Spain had no right to take offense at us
for making it.
Now circumstances have changed. Now
intervention on the part of this Govern
terrible outrages upon the subjects of
ment for the purpose of preventing the
The crown of Spain could have no other
meaning than war Now war would i'm
he presence of circumstances to which /
almost dread 10 refer-those that have
occurred in the island of Cuba within the
ast ten dags-you all know what they
are, and know about the Investigation
hat is now going there.
Il know ii will not do Ii is neither
THERE is A CLASS OF PEOPLE
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