New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-28

times that the poor gave more OF their poo" ''"''
| tho rich were willing 10 give Of their treasure
| (Appau.e)
Mr. DOLLIvER's BRILLIANT SPEECH.
| Mr.. DOLLIvER Rep.. Iowa.. member OF tho
Ways and Means Committee. was then recognized
| He was listened to with close attention. and was
| frequently interrupted by applause. He spoke as
follows:
! When the United States decided upon policy in
the duty Of Congress to set about at once to pro-
vide the mOney needed to carry on the W may
which government can support large expense nsS
BY 1t on credit TS
Ways and Means has fully considered both meth
can leaving as little Of the burden Of our inter
war upon which We are about to enter to Sc
cure new National possessions or any other ac-
sent view somewhat different But here. for the
first time In the history of the world. nation has
OF It's own voition thrown away any prospect or
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and has based its action upon dis-
do. however much it may minister to the present
satisfaction and moral comfort Of the community
| 1t is we who sympathize; it is we who have been
moved by the inspiration Of compassion ard char
ty and It is hardly credible that we are going TO
belittle the great proceeding BY dciicatey contrv-
ing that the next generation shall bear the expense
pay as we 60 so far as ~ consistent with The I'M
| Men have risen in this debate to threaten those
Of us who are responsible for the Introduction OF
| this measure with the penalties or publc lnulSna-
,ion. and warning tho Administraticn Of the ropu,,
lar resentment that is TO follow the enacmen Mt OF
ever n in the history Of the world where
a situation amounting to a declaration OF war was
people themselves IT Is in this case. IL Is entirely
credtable to the people Of the United states thst
period by motives higher than party politics and
more generous than their own material interest.
penses OF war, and all these things the American
people have pondered in their hearts While that
mighty public opinion rising
cn was lifted on pillows Of enthusiasm which no
troll
THE PRESIDENT EULOGIzED.
It be said that the President OF the United
States has plunged his country into war. II he
had done So hecdessly putting in peril the welfare
OF country like this. instead OF being entitled. as
he Is to the respect and confidence of the world.
1t would be better that milestone were hanged
about his neck and that he were drowned in the
depths OF the History will acquit the Presi-
dert Of such an act of hostility to the public
S. % of sqh has 80 rd o mod
crate and direct It. Instead OF throwing away me
himself with every honorable influence in favor of
such solution Of the perilqus queSions ihvE s,,o
derstood by his friends. because he has had the
to nfuo o hs %n 10
If 1t should turn out that the people OF me
United States have Numbered, II the time should
come when the burden. the bloodshed and ex-
pense OF Cuban protectorate stir the opposi-
the tho" public he life OF these tines who viii be able to
look his countrymen squarely in the face and say
them: Il did the best could to save my fellow
citizens from these disasters and these burdens.
When hear men compan that ne n par
leadership l cannot forbear expressing my own
satisfaction that he great enough in heart and
brain and conscience in the presence OF public
danger to think Of his country as well az OF ms
party and instead of struttng before the world,
was willing to become in real sense tie servant
of the American people In that view Of our pres
fact that case, finally stated by Congress.
is good both IN law n and 1 in eSqi cost o, the IN
derakins in which we are enbarked but my 1G S9n
fnitely more. Two things we have already gained
and one Is the outspoken ssympathy OF this great
american America Is peopieHa unity that has already killed
partisan strife and brought in the better era or
Nor do 1 think that our people will ever regret
the part they have assumed. There are times In
so pnr s 81 that he Of e
science is fun reward for sacrifice. however
srevous Such an hour has come TO the people
OF the United States. putting to silence. let US
hope the passion Of party politics; ~ s and fn so the
and lands and Offices into the npPeT o
brought 10 light.
WAR IN JUST CAUSE.
After more than Fifty years Of patient liberation.
the time had last to make end TO the |
state Of anarchy In Cuba AS the moment for ac-
tcn approached every emotion was subord!na,ed
in the National purpose to the high and patriotic !
motives which mankind everywhere must approve
We have not acted upon sudden provocation,
great or small. Again and again the Nation has |
ignored It's interests conquered rs sympatnies |
might be made against US In the supreme court |
q 4a as wbG HE h as We nave o be Would
have endured what We have suffered In the sue
have desoated that helpless island OF the
History viii be our Judge that In all the yesrs
to wrong ourselves rattor than to give warrant |
to suspicion of Injustice against the GovsrnmSnt
have rot obstructed her administration We have |
not withheld from her dynasty or from her Ieople
II, IN times OF instruction and disorder. we have
la599 our no h neve co6ceaied hostile
spirit Nor have we laid the weight Of a little
In the crisis OF tho last three years It IS true.
have not been careless and unmpass led speci ia,
tradition a Of the National history. Yet under
lousy KEPT within the law OF nations. not even
s ssnnseK army ssI Of liberation in crBS
We have citizens there whose properly has been n
they themselves cast without trial into the military
Of bou or oss Y hongh we
speak the English tongue, we have consented 10 |
ese HT heT Isl ssp naye see What oh
countries are accustomed TO do with shot and
Yet we did not COMPLAIN 1t was part Of tho
Of o2r OF Of life WITH the
race Up to this time neither the love OF liberty |
nor the interest Of commerce nor the wrongs OF
injured citizens have Interrupted amlcable in
tercourse with Spain A forbearance Ike that.
such an anxiety to keep peace. born OF neither
weakness nor fear presents record OF national
self-restrant that has not escaped the attention
Of the world at large.
THE PRESIDENTS MORAL HEROISM
Even in the troubled time when rumor and hear
say successfully competed with the truth for
place in the headlines OF the daily press. the
President Of the United States kept his course.
refusing TO be coerccd driven turned aside.
calm In the appreciation Of his conscience.
grateful for the confidence OF men OF sense. In
different to the noise of cheap and transient