The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-30

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/ Washington, March 29.-Interest in
the Cuban situation-the interest
might also be termed excitement, so
| intense was it-reached q climax in the
proceedings of the senate today
As on previous days of discussion OF
the Cuban question. thousands of peo-
ple flocked into the capitol, only a few.
of whom. comparatively, could gain
admission TO the galleries
Within five minutes after the senate
! convened, Mr. Allen of Nebraska IN
/ troduced a resolution recognizing the
/ independence of the Cuban repuDAc-
/ This was followed by a resolution pro-
| DOsed bv Mr.. RawlinS of Titan, deciar-
| ing war against the kingdom OF Spain;
! Mr.. Foraker of Ohio then introduced
a resolution declaring for such inter-
vention in the Cuban war as would
| bring about the independence or one
| island. Following this came resolu-
/ tion bv Mr. FRYE of Maine, demanding
/ that Cuba be made free. The resolu-
I tiOns followed one another so rapluly
as TO almost stun the AUDITORS. oOth
senators and spectators The galleries.
were in cOmmotiOn and the people were
prepared for anything This was the
/ condition when the vice president rec
J ogniZed Mr.. Mason OF Illinois Tor MS
announced speech on the president >
message transmitting to congress the
findings of the Maine court OF inquiry.
MASON BEGUN.
Mr.. Mason said he believed it was
due to the country now to know the
general expression and intention OF the
members of the senate. While he
IL. 70. discussing
Cuban question at this time, ne dld not
intend by so doing. any dlsrespecC
either TO the administration or TO the
committee on foreign relations, Wneh
he said that he was tired OF the una
tory tactics that had been employed
for three years to present assistance
! from the United States to the CuDahs-
He continued:
More than two years ago the plan
of the Spanish government 70 starVe
the women and children and nOn-com-
batants was begun. Every Intelligent
man, woman and child was informed
of il through the ordinary channels or
information. the newspapers. and by
the statements of disinterested W.T.
nesses, day after day. week after week,
month after month. and year after
wear and il had received practically
no attention from this government I'M
til some of the members of this body
visited the scenes of death and distress
and brought back To the United States
their words Of honor that 10 picture
had been drawn by the press that
fully stated the horrors Of the situa-
ton.
Then the gentlemen and newspa-
pers, who had pretended, at least. TO
discredit those statements in this body,
began TO talk about it as though IL was
a new discovery, when, within 80 miles
of our shore, for two years they had
I 70
dren.
INsULTED BY STOCK BROKERS.
when, nearly year ago. I called
attention to the situation as given at
that time, and since cOrrOborated by
four of our colleagues upon this floor,
from personal observation. the state
ment was received with sneers by
many of my colleagues, and had the
pleasure of being insulted over the wire
by stock brokers and scalpers in the
markets.
For two years the process of i'm
prOvement of the recOncentradOs and
their starvation has proceeded, yet any
who dared To call attention 10 the fact
had to withstand the assaults Of those
controlling the press. who denied in
their editorial columns the news they
printed in their news columns.
Thousands had been starved Mil
lions OF dollars of our legitimate COM
merce had been swept from the high
seas, and the man who wOrShipS the
eagle on the dollar and does not see
the one on his flag says: Be silent;
think of the horrors of war and the
dangers to business.
when the order of concentration
came they cooped at least 500 American
citizens with the recOncentrados, and
refused to let them go out and earn
a legitimate and honest living. It
amounted TO imprisonment; we claimed
so at the time. though many prOfessed
not TO believe it until the honorable
senator from Vermont described the
dead line and the gun of the Spanish
soldier that kept the reconcentrados
together.
ACT OF COWARDICE.
ANY other self-respecting nation in
the world would have ordered their
release and better treatment, or they
would have opened the gates Of hell
on Moro Castle. This government,
however, upon the suggestion of the
president. took $4,000 of the peoples
money out of the treasury of the
United States and begged permission
of Spain the poor privilege of feeding
our citizens American bread on Span
iSh soil. / am not complaining; l am
not criticising; there is no other such
record in all the history of the world.
1 only repeat this humiliatinS state
ment to cali attention to the fact that
every effort that has been made by
the president has been construed by
Spain to be an act of cowardice, and
absolute and conclusive evidence that
we are afraid of that mighty power.
and every such act of careful consid-
Grafton on our part has made Spain
more cruel to her own people, and
more insulting to us"
Mr.. Mason then turned his attention
RI n
OUR BATTLESHIP MAINE.
"The battleship Maine. our gallant
ship, went down. and 26S of our gallant
citizen sailors with her. At the time
every citizen of the United States IA