The Portland daily press., 1898-04-14

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Mr. Lodge defended himself from the
char9e " Jihgolsm. He said that il Wash
i lngton,s advice had been followed we
would be IN no danger now. We are not
| IN our present position by accident. We
nave hog peen brought to this position by
reckless politicians or yellow journalism,
4 but by Spanish greed and corruption.
| spain was on her death bed, bleeding at
every veio and her officials rob her, dying
as she ls We cannot longer permit the
oupah feconcentrados to starVe or our
commerce to be ruined and our business
aisGurped, IN view of the fact that spain
, nau reused intervention. 10 suoInl1
| longer would be to invite the whole Woflu
to step in and interfere with our affairs;
"A na1ion should protect its honor anu
do its duty to outsiders.
| 90 not charge that our ship was de-
stroyed by Bianco, but it was blown up
by responsible Spanish officials. Ihls
IS not a case for negotiation any more
| 1t would not be possible for this country
/ to accept money for our dead Oh the
Maine. There can be but one monument
20 our dead officers and sailors ana tha6 ID
Tree Cuba and peace on the 1slanq.
MI. Lindsay followed Mr.. Lodge IN a
SURFING, vehement speech. Inc resolutloh
reported today would be in his opinion q
l :
be finally enacted into law Ii spain
should be driven from the island, what,
/ asked Mr.. Lindsay is to become OF the
Cuban people? He maintained that If the
| United States should intervene III this
way the island when conqueredsWould be
under our domination and the Cuban
people could only6form new government
! by our consent
Without the militia the government
1 could not drive Spain from the island
and by recognizing Cuban independence
we could achieve victory without sending
la man as Gomez would drive out the
/ Spaniards
Mr.. Lindsay continuing, held that in
| proceeding along the lines OF intervention,
we would not be conquering individuals
| or parties, but q country: and when the
4 United States had conquered the recog-
nized government in Cuba, it would have
of necessity to set up government OF Its
own, at least temporarily. SPAN had the
right, Mr.. Lindsay maintained, to mort.
gage the revenues of Cuba and as q consc-
quence any nation conquering Spain in
! Cuba, would be responsible for those
bonds. The obligation OF Spain was dl-
rect In conquering the island the United
States would be, apparently, responsible
| to the creditors of Spain.
| Mr.. Carter of Montana, inquired II the
| Cuban republic should conquer its own
independence and freedom. whether it
would be responsible for the Cuban bonds,
| Mr.. Lindsay maintained that the case
of the United States and that of the Gu
ban republic, differed frDIn each other
materially in that the very funds derived
from the sale of bonds had been EN-.
ployed to hold the Cubans in subsection.
He thought, however, that2that was q
question in which we We're not in the
| slightest way interested. Mr.. Carter
| inquired whether Mr.. Lindsay would
| have this government shirk the ephemeral
responsibility of Cuban bonds by falling
| in behind the Gomez government to es-
| cape the legitimate consequences OF war.
Mr.. Lindsay said in reply that he was
not afflicted with the delicate sensibili-
! ties of The Senator from Montana and if
the United States should, in waging p
| war against Spain. find another govern
ment engaged in the same kind of war,
he felt that there would be justification
in union of forces. He maintained that
lit was the duty of the United States to
trent with the insurgent government in
Cuba so that no man should be unjust
ly dealt with and no mans property IN :
Justly confscated. Mr.. Lindsay said in
conclusion that the United States was
bound to intervene in behalf Of the Gu
bans by all good faith and national hon
or. The separation of Spain from Cuba
was naie inexorablefby the logic of events
by disrensation Of fate.
Mr.. Chandler announced that whom
the foreign relations committee resolu-
tion was called UP tomorrow he would
object to the consideration of anysothersbus-
mess uutilnthe resolution was uIsposed of.
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia offered resolu-
ton requesting the President to transmit
to the Senate ali diplomatic correspon-
dence between the United States and
Spain respecting affairs in Cuba; and
also requesting him to inform the Senate
whether this government has submitted
to Spain the proposition of Cuban indie
pendence and if so, in what form such
proposition was made and under what
conditions. Without debate the resolu-
tion was agreed to.
MrFrye of Maine, a member of the for
eign relations committee, desired, he said,
to present resolution which had been
before the committee and which toll his
mind was responsive in Its nature to
the desire of the PresideIitAas expressed
in his message.
The resolution, he further stated, repre-
sented the opinions of certain members of
the foreign relations committee.
Mr.. Chandler inquired what status the
resolution of Mr.. Frye had before the
Senate. He wished to ascertain whether
it was presented upon individual respon-
sibility of Mr.. Frye or whether it was
to be understood as a minority report
from the committee on foreign relations.
The acting president, Mr.. Gray an
nounced his understanding of the status
of the resolution, but that did not satisfy
Mr. Chandler.
Mr. Frye, VINO in the meantime had left
the chamber, was recalled to explain
what he understood to be the parliament
tary position of the resolution. He reit-
Grated the statement which he had made
in presenting the resolution with the adj
ditional statement that it was not "a mi
noritv report or n supplemental report,
b 1T had been presented upon his individ-
ual responsibility, he having reserved
the right in committee to bring his reso-
luton before the Senate. In response to
% question from Mr.. Bacon of Georgia,
as to how rnany mem bers of the foreign
relations committee were favorable TO
the resolution by Mr.. Frye, Mr.. Frye re-
piled with asperity: LAS the Senator
from Maine is at present advised he will
not reply to that question: Being
further pressed for information. Mr.. Frye
said that the resolution reported by the
foreign relations committee this morning
had the unanimous approval of the COM
mittee. -Four members, however, believ-
ing that the resolutions ought to recog
nize the independence of the Cuban re-
public had united in a supplemental re-
H.. f.