Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-15

l support the country, but 1 also sup
port the constituted authority Of the
country placed in power by the suffrage
of 20 100000 of people,"
81 am one of the constituted authori-
ties" declared Mr.. Daniel, made so
bv sovereign State of this Union"
"And l sag to the Senator" replied
Mr.. Gray, THAT will support MIN as
SUCH"
Mr.. Daniel referring to Mr.. Gray's
support Of the President inquired to
what extent he gave him his support,
inasmuch as the President had made
no specific recommendations in his
message.
az will answer the Senator" respond
ed Mr.. Gray, shy reading the recon-.
mendatons of the President" He
then read paragraph from the Presi-
dents message and continued II re
cognize that as specific recommends
ton"
81 admit" said Mr.. Daniel, "that
| my language was, perhaps, too broad
He went on, however, to say that the
Interpretation he placed upon the re-
commentator was that the United
States should lay hostile hands on both
Spaniards and Cubans to stop the re-
belhon instead of unfolding the insur-
gents in their grand fight for liberty.
II would hang my head in shame"
declared Mr.. Gray impressively, "if |
believed to be true the suspicion which
the Senator from Virginia harbors. l
believe him to be absolutely and eter.
nally wrong"
~ am delighted to know it," re-
sponded Mr.. Daniel. "When the Sen
ator Informs me that the President of
the United States does not have the
desire to crush the Cubans under the
gallant Gomez, l will say to him that
| it is more than suspicion"
II am not glad to hear this" replied
MIR. Gray, "because I do not believe
there is single man within the con-
fines of this broad country, except the
Senator from Virginia, who harbors in
mis- heart so base suspicion against the
President of the United States"
MIR. Daniel criticised the message Of
the President and inveighed against the
policy shown by the executive in with
holding from the Senate and the Ameri
can people the correspondence that had
gone on between the United States and
Spain relative to the impending crisis.
He made the direct charge that the
President had invoked the power Of
Congress, the use of the army and navy
to compel Gomez and his gallant band
of insurgents to lay down their arms
instead of driving Spain from the island.
Great is the mystery of judicial inter-
pretation,' said Mr.. Daniel. Greater
is political Interpretation; but greater
than all is the mystery of diplomatic
Interpretation, referring to Senator
J Gray's Interpretation ofthe meaning OF
stable" to be an independent" gov
ernment. He charged that the arms
tice granted the insurgents was part
of tho Stage furniture in spec
tacular diplomatic play, the motive
of which was an attack upon
Gomez and his gallant band. ~
know" continued Mr.. Daniel, af
ter Analysing the Presidents message.
"tbat the Senator from Delaware would
repudiate the idea that the military
and naval forces of the United States
shall be employed against the Cuban
patriots. know the Senate will ult-
mately repudiate it. / will stay here
as long as physical endurance shall last
to obtain such action as will clear up
the meaning OF the Presidents message
and plant US squarely against our com.
mon enemy-Spain." He declared
that the adoption of the com
mittee resolutions would be a lame
and impotent conclusion which would
hold up this country to the ridi.
Guile of the nations of the world.
Mr.. Daniel concluded his speech with
an eloquent peroration in which he
apcstrcphized the cause OF the Cuban
people in their struggle for freedom and
liberty. II will not" he declared, "be
driven by com mitee; will not be driv-
en- by President. I'd rather be polit-
cal Cuban reconcentrado on the island
than to be an American Senator and
not proclaim the freedom and indepenr
dence of the brave young Cuban re-
public"
Senator Gray replied to Senator Dan
lei saying his only object was to secure
uulleu lEOuI III tu0 pICSCuu Cuci-
gency. To do this he thought
there should be cooperation be-
tween Congress and the President.
He said there was no justification for
Mr.. Daniels insinuaton that the Presi-
dents supporters desired to send the
American army to Cuba to aid in sup
pressing Gomez. The only object of in
terrence would be in the end to secure
the independence OF Cuba.
MIR. Daniel said he had made no such
insinuation. Mr.. Daniels asked if the
language of the President could not be
construed as an intention to force
truce between the Cubens and the
Spaniards.
Mr.. Gray said ne wanted truce be-
tween the political parties here until
! this crisis was passed.
Mr.. Tillman took the floor and said
there would be war whenever the reso.
lutionshould be adopted. But there
was no reason for not saying candidly
what we ment to do.
Mr.. Tilman said he would speak in
non-partisan way, adding; "Popu
lists, republicans, democrats are we,
but all Americans to make Cuba Free"