The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-19

2 spanlard unless had armcr under my coal
Tor fear. OF a ~stiletto. There has beer. nothing
tiInuede, That proves spanisrds 70 be anything
elso but common scoundrels. For 100 year
them p 10 60 o sSy further Ssi ina IN that nGT line GO III Il tho %f IN
vcstigntion Is to be made by the Navy Depart
mbe9 div !. ought r. to be done now. There Q on .SiI .s e
American people what they find at the bottom
aud whether we have been dishonored and dis
Il IS said now f1 That u the me Divers nSssD"S viii get to the
scene Of the disaster on Monday. Another
Snse; no p SXelta i of ms 2 SSsnon ni az nna.
Ing In more dynamite. moro torpedoes., The
american people have no more confidence In the
spaniards, than / have. The invcstigationsought
TO be made Immediately. 1 do not want to be
on the Joint committee. l would not trust my
seIfi II rol i could help it, anywheFT S;v where ,Sot 2 Span pan
should take the risk. We have appropriated
100000 to-day. To save whati Largely to
appropriate !s%2oO.o0O. 100. II necessary. to sayc
the honor Of the county. In the opinion Of the
s sSDSse 9 6St Of = SEVENTY plsyiss m e fUmm OF the fSn AmoTi'
not believe that We took that ship, there to be
junk. l would mot lcnvo tho matter to any, one
department OF the Government. Lot US help
help Congress and Congress should help tho
Navy Department. But let the investigation
be made bysa committee, so that the senate
.'@s. ~ IN ~ y NhiCh " hhhi kOOo Wv ~
In the diving bell, whether he goes down with
an Arrangement to show that the blow came
be SO open that the wayfsring man. though a
fool. may not err therein Whatever we do, let
the people know the facts, and the best way to
DO that is to have an open Investigation ~ Con.
sst State I ""n''n represents the poop 0' INC on''''
Mr.. wolcott tRep;, Coli, with signs Of IN.
'The amendment offered by the Senator
from Ittnnta bAxrnrnr fnnnnnrfunn N NAV hn
might well be permitted to pass without, com.
ment, had il not been for the remarkable ut.
the people OF the United states have lost con6.
dcnee In one of the great departments OF the
Mr.. Mason denied that he had made any
such statement, and Mr.. Wolcott insisted upon
having the paragraph read from the onclai
Mr.. Wolcott continued:
81 did.not misquoto the Senator to the amount
OF a single word or syllable. l desire TO resent
is a patriotic citizen within the broad confines
Of the, land who has not the fullest and most
partment Of the Government, and particularly
In the Department Of the Navy. The people OF
u the U M Sis,E states esa h "a tba never e0'arj yss Sef Spa saltsd
The nag feat an'f Least sau Of al Is il decent that in
at this %criticnl and calamitous time that there
8 In the minds Of the people OF the United States
's 4 p Pr eohhasnf from thu the n time O. Of p Paul S1. jones
until now our ships have sailed in every war,
face always 10 the foe. The records of our ma.
pages Of every country Tor the past one hun:
dred years or more. and from the earliest days
To-day, as always, the officers Of our navy are
honorable, courageous, and upright men, and
above all they ten the truth: The Captain Of
at 10 O'Clock on the night of Feb. is when this
awful explosion happened: 1t may oe thai his
disaster which overlook his ship will count for
nothing when compared with the deErad-
ing insinuations made here that an Of.
f assf above o him.. H" Would lie or would iSrI place
the responsibility where it did not belong.
SION AN and d eiaue"' ne cam e sa"1F much Of public public
discussion when there should be silence, but there
is one thing which this country can never stand,
and that is to listen quietly and without resent.
mcnt to an insinuation that the officers are not
nen of honor. integrity, and truth. The officers
their duty. do not know what slums the Sen.
ator from Illinois has gone through to find the
impression or opinion that there is a lack Of con.
that he cannot find an honorable, decent, or pa
triotic citizen who will stand up before The
country and indorse for an instant the utteranco
which the Senator has made,
'Sir, l do not underrate the importance Of
It is disniaed Il and d important, but, Mr.. President.
what we need now. i'll my opinion, is Il decent
and dignitied reticence in the face of an appall-
ing calamity which has fallen upon our people.
There are times for speaking and there are times
for silence; and this is a time when. in the lace |
Of the awful calamity which has .overtaken US, |
all expression OF belief as to the means by which
this awful disaster was brought about. until in
a proper and regular and sober way an investi.
may be had. which we all know will be
Conducted with the utmost uprightness and
VIM M rni president, / speak as one who sympa.
thizes decidedly with the citizens of that I'M
tSStu udnsf. island l,d now - en nsbGGI in , this Gep!ora,
sec the conclusion of that war. But / do say
that il there ever was q L moment when we should
abstain from outrageous and gratuitous insult
to a friendly nation, that time is to-day. If
here ever was a time when we should lend our
help t ,}m every r. , osdRSFtmfffntt b of the seeT GS moa = ,Gms.
when we should refrain from unjust and igno.
rant criticism, it is to-day. All. Mr.. President.
not be far distant. When it come; we viii
light it alone. and there will be no other nation
o lit a hand to fight with us. When that day
he right. And until it comes there is nothing
hat SO belittles this people. in my opinion, as
y Government. All. Mr.. President. war is
rim. visaged. and when 1t comes it must come
md position. And above all ii must come I'M
Ter circumstances in which we must respect
Mr.. Lodge Rep, Mass.l also spoke against
he amendment, and said that, he would rather
Navy than one made by any other
men in the country. Docs any body suppose. no
lskcd, that Capt. Sigsbee was going TO lei
APT. Sigsbee would tell the truth as he knew
t and the American people would believe him.
dr. Lodge then spoke of the integrity, intelli-
renee and patriotism of the Secretary and AS.
istant Secretary of the Navy, and said that
hey would not seek to conceal the truth in ro-
alton to the disaster. He was sorry that any
loubt had arisen on the question. 1t seemed
o him that the attitude of Congress ever since
hat awful news arrived had been in the high.
st degree dignihcd and wo~rthy-worthy of
tself and worthy of the people, II the disaster
vas an accident, the facts would, be known, so
,uarded against so far as human foresight could
10 80.
But" Mr.. Lodge exclaimed, "if 1t is treach-
ry, then, the righteous wrath of the American
'eople will take a sufficient vengeance for the
r%eaGhery which sent the ship to the bottom.
will not attempt to do anything which cou,d
n the least dcrogate from the attitude which
he American people and the American Con.
-rcss should hold In the presence OF a calamity
o dire and so melancholy as that which befeil
he battleship Maine"
Mr.. Mason, in replying to Mr.. wolcott, spoke
$40 ,,nl.- - - --l