The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-13


the Cuban heroes to submit to a stable
government at the hands of SPAIN because
the Queen Regent has already advised the
administration that she has ordered q sus-
pension OF hostilities She cannot order
suspension against the insurgents. She
has not among all her bullflghters and
Blllies manhood enough to order a suspen-
sion OF hostilities on the insurgent side.
This administration, with all this yacilat-
ing p99liGy which WAS Criticised ny the Chl
us to put the army and navy in It's hands
to 90 over and punish the Cubans after
three years of the most heroic fight for
liberty that any people ever made on the
face Of the earth. say il is an outrage, 1t
is a stencil in the nostrils of every decent
American We shall see whether the major
ftv side of this House can be lined up and
whipped into such policy as that
"sCOUNDRELISM.
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep., Ia.) jumped to his
feet as Mr.. Lentz sat down.
Mr.. Chairman" he began Sometimes
misstatement is so gross that it reaches the
dignity of falsehood, and falsehood so gross
that it becomes mend;peity. and mendacity
so foul that it becomes s.>oundrelism say
that the President has never said that he
desires the use of the army and navy at
the hands of Congress in order to establish
Spanish supremacy ON the 1sland of Cuba.
(Applause) That is not true There is no
man who can with an honest heart and
with an honest purpose read this message
OF the President and arrive at any conclu-
sion of that character. The Presidents
whole argument leads up to the proposition
that the conduct of Spain OH that island
during fifty years of misrule, fifty years of
outrage, hfty years OF tyranny, has brought
about such condition that is it now in
tolerable and insufferable and must cease.
That is the language OF the President of
the United States. (Applause.) He asks the
use OF The arrnv and navy to put end
10 chat intOlerable and insufferable condi-
ton. applause on the Republican side)
q
EVERY sentence in that message 10 this
House teaches us that that is his purpose.
ana YET gentlemen say, in view OF ali the
language that he has used. i'm all OF the
argument that he has made, in all of the
recital of infamous and despotic conduct
tnaI ne has called to our attention, that
II is the purpose of the President to become
the ally of the Spaniards. l say there is
no word in that whole message that justi-
lies any honorable man in making q dec
laration of that kind upon this floor. We
are going there to fight Spain. We are go
ing there If we CO. to establish a stable
and a permanent government. What does
that mean?
Here we have had fifty years of Spanish
government, not stable, not permanent ex-
cept in the villainy Of its outrages That
character of outrage and vilainy which has
become insufferable should be suffered no
longer the President says, creating such an
emergency as compels us to violate the
otherwise friendly relations that we ought
10 nave and go to the extreme of war in
bringing an end to these insufferable con-
dltions produced through the acts of Spain.
And yet the gentleman dares to stand here
and say that that paper advocates the use
OF the army and the navy, the placing of
the whole military power of the country in
the hands of the President in order that
he may go there to perpetuate that which
ne reprobates, and to continue that which
he says is now uncomfortable. He wants
stable and permanent republican govern
ment Does that mean Spanish rule? Has
any man the right to make that argument ?''
Mr.. Lentz-Does he say republican gov
ernment?
Mr Her W Ia
nut he supposed that you knew something
about the history of this country applause
on the Republican side.)
Mr.. Lett do.
Mr.. Maguire-And we know something
about the history of this administration.
Mr.. Hepburn-He, supposed that you knew
something about the aspirations of Ameri-
can statesmen, that you knew something
about the declaration that over and over
OF this government with reference to the
character of government that should be
formed on this hemisphere applause on
the Republican side.)
MR.. GROSVENOR'S EXPLANATION.
Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio took the floor
II am going to refer now to only one thing
that the gentleman from Ohio (Ir Lentz)
has said on this particular OCCASION said
he, and / do not. do it for the purpose of
celebrating speech upon this occasion. The
time is coming when the gentlemen will
dent of the United States, to send their Bit
terness and their opposition across the
water to our enemies. The gentleman shall
have a full opportunity to abuse his own
constituents at home for any conservative
expressions which they may have made
through the telegraph or the mail, and he
shall have that opportunity unaffected by
answers of mine. | wish here to simply
say that the President of the United States
has asked or Congress the power to use the
establishing in the Island of Cuba an in
dependent government
Mr.. Lentz-Why did he not say so?
Mr.. Grosvenor-Will my friend from Ohio
try. for a minute to keep his mouth shut?
Mr.. Cannop-Oh. that is impossible. Cap
plause and laughter On the Republican side)
Mr.. Handy (Dem.. Del.)-I want to know
what you understand the President to mean
by this sentence in his message: 1T in
wolves. however, hostile constraint upon
both the parties to the contest as we'll to
enforce truce as to guide the eventual set
element"
Mr.. Grosvenor-You had better go and ask
the President. daughter and applause on
the Republican side.)
Mr.. Gaines-Don't you think you had bet
ter go and see Hanna? (Derisive jeers on
the Republican side and laughter on the
Democratic side.)
exhibition. Naughter.) Now let me rest
at my proposition. | state that the Pres
ident of the United States has asked for the
use OF the army and navy to establish on
the Island of Cuba an Independent govern
ment, and has said so In the plainest kind
of English language. Cries of Where on
the Democratic side. After great deal of
tribulation ] am going to give gentlemen
on the other side d demonstration of every
statement which made. You find this lam
guage used by the President and l will
leave II to the most acute analytical mind
~ the other side TO say that if that is not n
proposition to establish on the Island of
Cuba q government Independent of SPAIN
In view of these facts and of these con-
siderations. / ask Congress to authorize and
empower the President to take measures to
secure u full and final termination of hos
Titles between the government of Spain
and the people of Cuba and to secure in the
island the establishment of stable govern
Inent, capable of maintaining order and OBJ
serving its international obligations.
Now ! ask any gentleman on the other
side to tell me how q government on an ISL
and of any country controlled by a foreign
country as Cuba is now, can have a govern
ment capable of discharging its Internal ton
al obligations What are International OBJ
legations? Do colonies have international
obligations? Did the President understand
that there can be a colonial condition in
Cuba by which there would be international
obligations from that government? What
International act does Canada do? What
International act has any of the West India
islands ever done? What representative of
this government goes to Jamaica, Porto
ttico, or any island except those independ-
ent? The very language of the President
As understood by every intelligent RAN and
men of thought is that the object and pur-
pose of using force Is TO establish gov
eminent with international obligations and
with the power to discharge those interna-
tional obligations? So the whole appeal
OF the gentleman from Ohio is like that pic
ture of a painted ship upon a painted ocean
daughter Republican side)
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